“Bipartisan” White House Super Bowl party to feature … one Republican

That Republican? Joe Cao of Louisiana, who famously became the only Republican to vote yes on ObamaCare. Quoth Byron York: “That will make the White House Super Bowl party precisely as bipartisan as the health care bills, at least so far.”

Here’s the full guest list:

* Members of Congress
* Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
* Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)
* Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA)
* Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN)
* Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN)
* Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN)
* Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
* Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT)

* Cabinet members:
* Secretary Shaun Donovan
* Secretary Arne Duncan
* Attorney General Eric Holder
* Administrator Lisa Jackson
* Secretary Janet Napolitano
* Ambassador Susan Rice
* Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
* Secretary Eric Shinseki
* Secretary Tom Vilsack

Last year there were 75 people there; Gibbs claimed earlier that 40 had been invited this time, including some senators. What happened? Has The One become such a political liability that Republicans — or centrist Democrats — are afraid to even watch the Super Bowl with him? Even his pal Tom Coburn, who calls Obama a wonderful man? Even … Scotty B?

Baron Hill and Boucher are vulnerable in the midterms according to the Cook Report, so if the White House really is a no-go zone, either they missed the memo or they’re bigger fans of O than anyone knew. Exit question: If one of the reasons for holding that Question Time session was to give the GOP a chance to show its bipartisanship, why not have Mike Pence or whoever shoot on over to the White House for pizza?

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