Sherrod says she’d love to talk race with Obama

Former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod said today she wants to discuss racial issues with President Obama, who's "not someone who has experienced some of the things I've experienced in life."

But she also said on morning news shows she feels there is no need for Obama to apologize for her wretched week, which started with a conservative blogger posting controversial remarks she made, and led to her ouster as an Agriculture Department official and then, ultimately, apologies from both the White Ho u s e a n d Ag r i c u l t u r e Secretary Tom Vilsack.

The furor centered on a...