ABC News -- President Obama had lunch today with eleven reporter/columnist/editor/pundit-types. Those present were: Mike Allen of Politico; David Brooks of the New York Times; Chris Cillizzaa of the Washington Post; Gail Collins of the New York Times; Howard Fineman of Newsweek; David Gergen; Mara Liasson of National Public Radio and Fox News Channel Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo. John Meacham of Newsweek; Cynthia Tucker of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; and Andrew Rosenthal of the New York Times. The president does these lunches occasionally to try to explain to opinion-makers what his thoughts are about issues of the day. -jpt