Obama Cuts Himself Off From Any Further Assistance from Bush

President Bush did a nice thing for the president-elect. He invited him and his wife to the White House for a meeting and and a tour, the earliest such a meeting has ever occurred between an outgoing and incoming president. Bush certainly never had an opportunity like that thanks to Al Gore and the Florida recount.

As thanks for his generosity, the Obama team quickly leaked details of the private meeting to the press and the White House is not happy:

Just hours after President Bush and President-elect Obama met in the Oval Office of the White House, details of their confidential conversation began leaking out to the press, igniting anger from the president, sources claim.

"Senator Obama would be wise to keep close counsel," a top Bush source warned.

"BUSH AND OBAMA AT ODDS OVER AID FOR AUTO INDUSTRY," splashed the NEW YORK TIMES in an exclusive Monday evening, quoting "people familiar with the discussion."

The two met at the White House in private, without staff.

"Bush indicated at the meeting that he might support some aid and a broader economic stimulus package if Obama and congressional Democrats dropped their opposition to a free-trade agreement with Colombia," claimed the TIMES.

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The ASSOCIATED PRESS quickly followed with details of the conversation, citing "aides who described the discussion on grounds of anonymity, citing the private nature of the meeting."

Bush advisers view the leaks as an effort to undermine the president's remaining days in office.

"Senator Obama may not be familiar with a long-standing tradition of presidents holding their private conversations, private," a senior adviser explained to the DRUDGE REPORT.

Once again President Bush's efforts to reach out to the other side come back to bite him. And the aides that leaked this information ought to be fired, or at the very least lose their security clearance. They clearly cannot be trusted with important information.

President Bush can make this transition easy or he can make it difficult. Obama is lucky Bush is as good a guy as he is, because many people in that position would do to Obama what Jesse Jackson wanted to do and would leave his new administration in a real mess when they took over.

One thing for sure - the days of private conversations between the two are over, and any other prominent people thinking about private meetings with Obama should be forewarned.