(Blog Post)
It might be the only subject that could draw all of them to a White House meeting, but the oddest of political bedfellows met with President Obama today on education reform.
Civil rights firebrand the Rev. Al Sharpton, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich (a sometime Obama critic) huddled with the president.
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This is an interesting blog post on the meeting of disparate political big wigs on education. While the author quoted the three in attendance: Newt Gingrich, Michael Bloomberg and Rev. Al Sharpton, he failed to get a statement from the Obama administration, a key point considering the meeting was held at the White House with Obama himself. Also, this piece reads more like a news story than a blog. I'm curious what the author thinks about this meeting and whether or not it did any good?
