SnowJob's Debut

[Sparkly]

Sounds like it was a doozy.

Snow Makes Solo Debut at Chaotic Briefing

By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer 24 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Welcome to the waltz, Tony.

New White House press secretary Tony Snow suffered a couple missteps in his first question-and-answer session with the White House press corps Friday.

Snow danced around several queries by saying he did not know enough to answer. And although he had at times been harshly critical of President Bush as a Fox News commentator and conservative radio host, Snow clearly was being careful not to step on the wrong toes now that he speaks on behalf of Bush.

(snip)

On Friday, he scheduled his first informal back-and-forth with the press, an informal, off-camera session called the "gaggle" which White House press secretaries typically hold in the mornings as a sort of warmup for The Big Dance — the formal White House daily news briefing.

Snow had announced that he was moving the gaggle to his West Wing office from the theater-like White House briefing room, in hopes of making it more of a casual, intimate conversation.

But it got under way several minutes early. And though the press secretary's quarters are among the more spacious in the West Wing, the room quickly filled to overflowing — so that many reporters were stranded, unable to hear or ask questions, in the hallway outside.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/tony_snow

[xultar]

1. HE can't claim he doesn't know enough to answer...we all know he

invited himself to the meetings that count.

[katinmn]

2. Off to a stunning start!

One of his first announcements was to further postpone his first on-camera briefing. Expected to be on Monday, Snow said it has been moved back to Tuesday.

And why not?

His boss is giving a speech to the nation Monday night.

[partylessinOhio]

3. Deal or no deal? What is the deal here?

Is bigboy afraid to step up to the podium in front of those blue drapes?

Snow met the press today in his "small" office. (Is he in a closet like the White House press corps?)

The press could not all fit into the little room and complained that they could not hear what Snow was saying.

I say the something is up and it ain't goin'a be his ratings. Sock it to him, press!

[OzarkDem]

4. Press conference in his office?

Who does he think he's kidding?

[kerrygoddess]

5. Gaggle Gone Awry

Poor Tony Snow… First he called an informal “press gaggle” this morning that didn’t exactly go as planned… and then “he had to admit he did not know enough to answer many questions, and referred a couple to deputy press secretary Dana Perino.”

The “gaggle” just simply went awry, and Snow found himself having to admit, “This is just a mess.”

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=2968