Clinton Opens Her Home to Woo Unaligned Lawmakers

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By Shailagh Murray and Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, March 14, 2008

Having mastered the art of town-hall meetings on the campaign trail, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is now holding them in a more comfortable setting: her living room.

On Wednesday night, the Democratic presidential candidate held a private reception for several dozen members of Congress at her house on Whitehaven Street in Kalorama. Most of the guests were confirmed supporters, many from New York and Arkansas, making it something of a friends-and-family event.

But the real mission of the evening was to court lawmakers -- who are also superdelegates in the party's nominating process -- especially those from some of the biggest states...

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Among those on Haylor's list were several Southerners (Rep. Robert E. "Bud" Cramer of Alabama; Reps. Lincoln Davis and Bart Gordon of Tennessee; and Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina), as well as a handful of Californians (Reps. Susan A. Davis, Sam Farr and Bob Filner) an Oklahoman (Rep. Dan Boren) and an Arizonan (Rep. Gabrielle Giffords).

link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031303648.html?hpid=topnews

[Stephanie]

1. And her home is Washington DC, not Chappaqua, NY.

Kalorama, sometimes referred to as Kalorama Heights or Sheridan-Kalorama, is an extremely affluent neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., and is well known as a component of the city's Embassy Row area. The neighborhood is bounded to the north and west by Rock Creek Park; to the southwest by Massachusetts Avenue N.W.; to the south by P Street N.W.; and to the east by 22nd Street, Florida Avenue, and Connecticut Avenue N.W. It is accessible by Metrorail by the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle stops on the Red Line.

It is noted for its park-like setting, large single-family homes,spacious and elegant pre-war condominiums and coops and its prestige as a desirable address within Washington, D.C. Kalorama is assigned to Washington's Sheridan-Kalorama Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2D) and is designated as Single Member District 2D01.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalorama,_Washington,_D.C.