What It Looks Like When Presidential Election Winners Meet Losers

What It Looks Like When Presidential Election Winners Meet Losers — PICTURES

By National Journal Staff

Updated: November 29, 2012 | 4:16 p.m.
November 29, 2012 | 12:07 p.m.

President Obama and Mitt Romney will sit down for a private lunch Thursday at the White House. Here we take a historical look at the first postelection meetings of former election rivals.

President-elect Obama meets with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Nov. 17, 2008, at Obama's transition office in downtown Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President-elect Bush meets with Vice President Gore at Gore's official residence in Washington on Dec. 19, 2000. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Bush greets President-elect Clinton at the White House on Nov. 18, 1992. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)

President-elect Bush offers his hand to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis after the two met at Bush's residence in Washington on Dec. 2, 1988. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)

President Carter (right) walks to the White House's Oval Office with President-elect Reagan on Nov. 20, 1980. (AP Photo)

President Ford shakes hands with President Carter at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 20, 1977 after Carter took the oath of office. (AP Photo)

President Johnson confers with President-elect Nixon in the White House on Dec. 12, 1968. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

President-elect Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon are shown after their post-campaign conference at Key Biscayne in Miami, Fla., on Nov. 14, 1960. (AP Photo)

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