[conservative in nyc]

That is a good question we might all ask ourselves; what is Ari getting out of this?

I'm sure that Editor & Publisher called the former White House press secretaries in order to create controversy. I doubt Ari Fleisher called them. His remarks are really much ado about nothing - in hindsight, even Scott McClellan has essentially said initial reporting could and should have been handled differently. As I've said before and will undoubtedly say again, the White House almost always seems not to be proactive enough in dealing with the White House Press Corps, which is an unfortunate necessary evil in Washington.

Vice President Cheney can stop this nonsense by speaking with the press tomorrow - not necessarily the ravenous pack of egotistical jackals in the White House Press Corps, but in a one-on-one interview with somebody like Brit Hume or Neil Cavuto.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"I'm sure that Editor & Publisher called the former White House press secretaries in order to create controversy. I doubt Ari Fleisher called them.

Ding, ding, ding.

I'm not defending Ari, however, I'm not about to jump off a cliff about something that left wing E & P has published.