Or something the Republicans never do: MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough conducted a phone interview on Thursday morning with former white House press secretary Ari Fleischer, who heads a group that is running an ad campaign to convince Congress to continue funding President Bush’s Iraq War. “When we see all the missteps [in Iraq] … it makes […]
After 9 months of hell for seniors not being able to get or afford their necessary medications, look who decides to resign: Mark McClellan will step down from his post as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the White House said Tuesday. “The president has the highest regard for Mark McClellan and […]
Leading up to last week’s Connecticut primary, we constantly heard of this “insurgency” in Connecticut. The right quickly labeled Lamont’s campaign as that, because he dared to challenge an incumbent. Here we are one week later and look how things have changed: White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said this morning that President Bush will […]
After all – why should he? President Bush understands there is growing U.S. concern over his handling of the Iraq war but will not rely on polls to determine when to withdraw troops, his spokesman said Sunday. “The president understands how a war can wear on a nation,” White House press secretary Tony Snow said. […]
The Sunday Morning Line-up is a little short today because ABC is carrying World Cup Soccer so This Week will not air. Here is the other programs: Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer Tony Snow: White House press secretary Sen. Pat Roberts: R-Kansas, Intelligence Committee chairman Sen. Dianne Feinstein: D-California, Intelligence Committee member Hoshyar Zebari: Iraqi […]
ABC earlier posted a memo that was supposedly leaked from someone in the White House. They did this on their political page “The Note” Maybe leaks are going to be more common in the Tony Snow Era. The man has not even started officially yet as White House press secretary, and already the tightness of […]
It is now official – Tony Snow will be moving into Scott McClellan’s office: Fox News commentator Tony Snow was named White House press secretary today after top officials assured him that he would be not just a spokesman but an active participant in administration policy debates, people familiar with the discussions said. A former […]
He will still be the mouthpiece of the administration, the only difference is he will now be in Scott McClellan’s office: Sources close to the White House said Monday that Fox anchor Tony Snow is likely to accept the job as White House press secretary, succeeding Scott McClellan. The sources said they expect him to […]
The front page of today’s Washington Post has an interesting headline – “White House Shifts Into Survival Mode“: In a White House known for both defiance and optimism, yesterday’s senior staff changes represent a frank acknowledgment of the trouble in which President Bush now finds himself. They are also a signal of how starkly Bush’s […]
First up – what about Scotty? A Bush administration shake-up continued Wednesday, with White House press secretary Scott McClellan announcing his resignation and a source saying that adviser Karl Rove would shed some duties. Appearing with Bush on the White House South Lawn just before the president boarded a helicopter at the start a trip […]