I think as long as we can, and as many times as we can find a bipartisan way to work together, we should do that and we will do our best to do that. This week, the President will go forward with his commitment to make education his highest priority, and he, as I understand it, will speak to different aspects of his proposal each day, or two or three times during this week.
Discussing bipartisan cooperation and the President's education priorities.
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