The most scrutinized and anticipated raising of beer mugs in recent memory will probably happen in the next few days.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said yesterday that the hope is for Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. to join President Obama for that drink this week.
Charles Ogletree, who is representing Gates, said yesterday that the get-together would be Thursday and that both Gates and Crowley will be able to bring relatives. The White House would not confirm those details.
Asked what Obama hoped to accomplish at the meeting, Gibbs replied that “a big part of this is an increased dialogue between both of the individuals here and - and their representation of both law enforcement and the minority community.’’
As for the choice of libation, Crowley likes Blue Moon, Gates favors Red Stripe or Becks, and Gibbs suggested that Obama will quaff a Budweiser, as he did at the MLB All-Star game.
