COCKTAILS FOR TIME MAGAZINE'S RICK STENGEL

September 25 · The Residence of Jay Carney and Claire Shipman

PHOTOS BY JOHN HARRINGTON (COURTESY OF TIME MAGAZINE)

THE EVENT: A cocktail party hosted by Time magazine's editor-in-chief for the publication's new managing editor Rick Stengel.

THE SCENE: Power politicians from both sides of the aisle showed up to this meet and mingle with media types in a surprisingly relaxed and casual atmosphere despite growing tension about the impending mid-term elections

THE GUESTS: Karl Rove, Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, George Stephanopolous and Ali Wentworth, James Carville and Mary Matalin, Sen. John Kerry and Rep. Tom Davis.

Ana Marie Cox and Karl Rove	Tom DeLay and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Jeff rey Weiss and Juleanna Glover Weiss	Sen. Barack Obama, Claire Shipman, John Huey and Rick Stengel

Chris Matthews and Tom DeLay	Ed McCarrick Norah O’Donnell and Michael Weisskopf

Richard Stengel, Jay Carney, and Sen. John Kerry	Mandy Grunwald, Mary Matalin and Mark McKinnon

George Stephanopoulos