Mr Robinson has done his cause no good by swinging alarmingly from economy with the truth to threats of writs to a charm offensive.
But obviously, this is day two of this sort of shuttle diplomacy, this charm offensive as some have described it right now.
"Right now what I'm trying to do is create an atmosphere where Democrats and Republicans can go ahead and get together and try to get something done, " he said of his so-called charm offensive that has included a dinner with GOP senators, lunch with House leaders and meetings with others legislators.
One suspects that Abdullah saw the need for a "charm offensive" in the form of a new peace initiative for the Middle East.
The new GOP charm offensive also underscores the limitations of the president's previous strategy, which centered on using public pressure to win Republican cooperation, not negotiations with lawmakers.
To enhance his charm offensive, Mr Prince wheeled out some of Citigroup's heaviest hitters, including Renato Ruggiero, a former Italian foreign minister who advises the bank.
The Wales coach, who played almost 150 games as hooker for Waikato between 1986 and 1994, and his team had spent much of the second Test build-up in the Hamilton community on a charm offensive.
The BBC Raphael Tenthani in Blantyre says that Mrs Banda has been on a charm offensive to regain much-needed aid, following a year of shortages of fuel and foreign currency.
European diplomats ventured into the capital Yangon, formerly Rangoon, this week to discuss the junta's recent charm offensive, and came away little the wiser, though there are plenty of encouraging signs.
Just ahead of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's trip next week to Washington, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas went on a charm offensive towards the Israeli media.
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