Okey-dokey, Arbshp Lori..... only time will tell just whose eyes are "on the ball." Regardless of Dolan's motives -- some good Catholics imply it'll be a "gotcha" moment for Obamalamadingdong --- I continue to believe his invitation was a bad idea.
OK, but consider this. Pro-abortion presidential candidates have been invited to this dinner for decades. It's a long tradition of having both presidential candidates show up and make a speech. Snubbing Obama on this will invite accusations of singling him out, and that singling out will be assumed to be motivated by racism. Preposterous in the context of the work of the Church, of course, but the media will beat that drum for several days. Nothing like using one of their favorite weapons to bash one of their favorite targets.
Better to have both Obama and Romney at the dinner, and allow Romney to upstage Obama by mentioning the rights of the unborn in a room full of Catholics. It was beautiful to watch the extended applause when George W. Bush did that in 2000, and left Al Gore to just stare at the table in front of him.