President Obama was palling around with Washington's one-percenters last night, cracking wise at the Alfalfa Club dinner for the first time since 2009, reports the Washington Post. The Alfalfa Club is the quintessential DC insider club, which exists pretty much for throwing an annual dinner, and guests had to brave Occupy DC to get their forks in their steak and lobster. A rundown of Obama's zingers and other highlights from the off-the-record, but "traditionally leaky" soiree:
- Obama on attending: “You’ve heard it from the pundits: ‘Obama is cloistered in the White House.’ ‘He’s aloof.’ ‘He’s in the bubble.’ ‘He’s not connecting.’ And that’s why one of my big goals this year was to get out and be among everyday, ordinary Americans—like the men and women of the Alfalfa Club.”