Before taking office in January 2009 the newly elected president Barack Obama, a member of the Democrat party, reached out to Republicans to emphasize his desire to work together to make things happen. When he called a Republican member of Congress from Florida, she hung up on him because she thought it was a prank call. He called a second time, and again she hung up. On the third attempt she was able to be convinced that it really was Barack Obama. (more…)