Michelle Obama Steps Out in Peter Soronen at the White House Governor's Dinner..

First Lady Michelle Obama displaying full on glamour in a Peter Soronen gown from his Fall 2008 collection at the White House Governor's Dinner (2/22/09)

via Salon.com
The secret to lasting political harmony and goodwill has apparently been sitting, unnoticed, in dusty vinyl collections, oldies radio playlists and wedding band repertoires for decades. To get even the fiercest of partisan enemies to drop the hard feelings, it seems, all you really need is "Boogie Wonderland."

Or at least that was the impression given by the first formal dinner of the barely month-old Obama administration Sunday night. As Earth, Wind & Fire rocked the White House, President Obama feted the nation's governors. -- even the small bunch of Republican holdouts who stirred up trouble last week by claiming, loudly and probably entirely falsely, that they don't want the billions of dollars in federal aid the administration's stimulus bill will direct to their states. Some of Obama's most bitter elected opponents came to his turf, on his terms, and he had the mic, not them. But like any gracious host, the president went out of his way to make them feel comfortable, no matter what they may say about his economic policies. He served up more of the unrequited bipartisanship that won him all of three Republican votes for the stimulus bill in Congress.
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(below) Glamour and sheer fabulousness is out in front in the new Obama administration and I LOVE it!

Obama Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett (left) and White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers (who had a strong hand in the planning, right) also attend the Governor's Dinner looking fierce. See a slideshow of the Governor's (and their wives) who also attended here.

[Picture Source: Reuters]