Dinner there

Maybe it was too obvious a choice, or maybe she didn't fit into the jazz theme, or maybe you've just gotta have Herbie Hancock when you can have Herbie Hancock, but wouldn't Abigail Washburn have been absolutely pitch perfect at the State Dinner at the White House for Chinese President Hu Jintao last night?

Here's Abby, highlighting American goodwill toward the Chinese people. Wouldn't that have been an extraordinary message?