Last week, members of the steering committee for Generation Obama—a grassroots group that organizes young professionals—held an after-work meeting in a conference room at a marketing firm on Third Avenue. The theme was reaching out.

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“It’s significant that we’re meeting now, right in Hillary Clinton’s back yard,” Goldberg said. “the other side, [a term that used to be used for Republicans] and we need to think about how to make room for them going forward.” The group brainstormed about potential summer events: an Obama gallery tour, a beach party (“We did nothing in the Hamptons last year. I’m just throwing that out there”). Bridget Guarasci, a Ph.D. candidate writing her dissertation on Iraqi politics, ran through plans for the upcoming fund-raiser: rooftop fire pit, Facebook blasts, “Obama-tinis.” Anuj Mathur, who works at a hedge fund, suggested a way to attract more finance guys: “I think it’s good to say ‘fire pit’ in the e-mail,” he said.

I'd prefer Duck Pit, myself. And here comes the best part: