I can not believe the President agreed to meet with "Queasy n' Fumin". What a terrible move.
Normally, you meet with people when you believe something productive can come out of the meeting.
There are a rising number of blacks in the political process that the President should be talking to. "Queasy n' Fumin" is not nor ever will be one of them.
"Normally, you meet with people when you believe something productive can come out of the meeting."
I don't know what Mfume's future plans are, but I doubt he's going into permanent retirement.
He will be around, and there's no harm in having him at least open to hearing our side of things. Indeed, the President may well know something about Mfume's future plans. This show of respect may yield fruit down the road who-knows-where.