President Obama spends the next two days plotting strategy with the people who can turn his political dreams into legislative reality: Democratic members of Congress.

The president spoke Wednesday at the Senate Democratic Issues Conference in Annapolis,Md.

On Thursday, Obama attends the House Democratic Issues Conference.

Obama has outlined an ambitious second-term agenda that includes debt reduction with new tax revenues, gun control, immigration, climate change, and confronting a series of budget cuts in March known as "the sequester."

What he said exactly to Democratic senators is not known -- the meeting was closed to the press.

The White House did issue a statement:

"The president enjoyed spending more than two hours with the members of Senate Democratic Caucus at their annual retreat. After a warm welcome from Senator (Mark Pryor of Arkansas), the president gave brief opening remarks before answering questions from 10 different senators over the course of an hour. He then spent an hour visiting with senators at their tables before leaving."

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