[John Jorsett]

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.

Surely someone could have calculated that the number of people who attend the gaggle wouldn't fit into X square feet. Seems like a pretty dumb mistake.

[AliVeritas]

I guess you didn't notice the lack of press in Scott's briefings. It was a shrewd ops play. The press will say... like yourself, he doesn't know what he's doing... We'll see what's what next week.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I'm guessing a lot more showed up because it was Tony's first one. The room was probably more than big enough for the usual number of press.

And with the President out of town, a lot of the top-tier reporters should have been with him, which also should have cut down on the number of reporters here, shouldn't it have?

[Becki]

Seems like a pretty dumb mistake.

I don't think it was a mistake. I think Tony was making a point.

Maybe something like: This is my office, and we can do this the easy way or the hard way.

Becki

[humblegunner]

Surely someone could have calculated that the number of people who attend the gaggle wouldn't fit into X square feet. Seems like a pretty dumb mistake.

Snow is used to "callers" that take up no space.

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

[Surely someone could have calculated that the number of people who attend the gaggle wouldn't fit into X square feet. Seems like a pretty dumb mistake.]

Keeping jerkoff reporters, who hate you, standing outside your office is a smart move.