Posted on 04/23/2006 10:45:50 PM PDT by xjcsa
At the George W. Bush campaign headquarters in Austin, Texas, in 1999, policy director Josh Bolten was a low-key Washingtonian in a building full of brash Texans. He assembled a best-and-brightest team with résumés bristling with brand names like his own--Princeton, Stanford, Goldman Sachs. "He used to brag that he had all these Supreme Court clerks from Harvard working for him," recalled a campaign veteran. Bolten was happy to let others preen in meetings while he waited to make a killer point at the end. He has thrived by showing, very quietly, that he is indispensable. Now as President Bush's second chief of staff, he is suddenly in the spotlight. Last week he appeared before large groups of worried aides in a White House theater, where Bush occasionally holds press conferences, to convince them that a few discomfiting changes, along with a lot of harder, smarter work, could turn around a second term that has disappointed so many of them.
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5 COURT THE PRESS. Bolten is extremely guarded around reporters, but he knows them and, unlike some of his colleagues, is not scared of them. Administration officials said he believes the White House can work more astutely with journalists to make its case to the public, and he recognizes that the President has paid a price for the inclination of some on his staff to treat them dismissively or high-handedly. His first move, working with counselor Dan Bartlett, was to offer the press secretary job to Tony Snow of Fox News radio and television, a former newspaper editorial writer and onetime host of Fox News Sunday who served George H.W. Bush as speechwriting director. Snow, a father of three and a sax player, is the bona fide outsider that Republican allies have long prescribed for Bushworld and would bring irreverence to a place that hasn't seen a lot of fun lately. "White Houses are weird places," he told a 2004 panel on White House speechwriting. Snow had his colon removed after he was found to have cancer last year, but his doctors have approved the possibility of his taking the grueling post.
I for one think that Tony has a great smile and it would be great to see more of him. He has a kind soul.
No, she's perfect; have some imagination. Imagine the plays he can make off of her!
Wow! Tony is so incredibly smart and quick and has an almost photographic memory, I can't wait.
:O)
P
Another one from Lewis that is somewhat similar...
"Some would rather itch than be satisfied."
Apparently you forgot to mention that he's incredibly handsome, quite charming, and even rather sexy... in a macho kind of way. So it's not like I'm the... I mean; it's not like HE's just the most intelligent and capable man available; HE has lot's of good qualities, too many to mention.
Need my sleep now. FOX starts calling early.
Talk about the kiss of death. If he really used his real name around here, he deserves it.
"---- but his doctors have approved the possibility of his taking the grueling post."
Unless that quote came directly from Tony Snow it is very unprofessional of Mike Allen or Matthew Cooper to suggest that Tony Snow's personal physician relayed this information to common drive-by media ho's.
How can any person, even one with marginal intelligence believe what is in the ??news - if that is what you want to call it, the news?
When I think the media has reached the lowest, well, they go again!!
It must be true, MediaMatters and the angry liberals are already sliming him.
Congrats anyway it goes TS, I hope it's true.
That "Courting the Press" thing has got to go. It's like they want to manipulate the terms of the job right off the bat. If they present themselves in a civilized manner I'm sure Mr. Snow will extend them a welcoming response.
Lucky you! The most famous person to attend my high school was Richard Nixon!! I love Tony, and if he takes this job he will be giving up a lot of time with his family and tons of money. Mu guess is that he will take it.
Hey Tony, I lived just in Sharonville just two blocks from Heritage Hill Elementary.
Do you still play flute as well? I remember your too short performance on Fox News Sunday!
Of course, as a former flute player and mom of another one, I'm a little biased. :)
This first appeared late last night. I thought you all might like to see it.
I posted it on the ATRW thread yesterday; let's hope we hear an announcement soon!
I don't think they will let this drag out. We may hear something today.
TS is the kind who meets a challenge head-on and I think he will take being the "new sheriff" in his stride.
Thanks for ping.
Tony's least favorite topic.
Whatever he does, I'm going to be a little sad.
It's good to be a "nobody" and not have to wrestle with, life changing, if not world changing, decisions.
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