Truthfully, I wish that Tony had done a better job on his first press conference. It was pretty embarrasing considering we are trying to change things within the whitehouse especially communication. Now the news was all about how horrible that Tony did and we could have used this as a positive story on the "new" start of the President's final stretch to 2006 and beyond instead of it all about Tony. I have faith that he will be prepared for his next press conference I hope.
I am certain there are ground rules of things Tony would like to say vs. things he can say. Things will smooth out...the way I see it, he was trying to be congenial by doing it in his office and the herd didn't want to be congenial so they'll go back to the smelly dump again.
Just be thankful that I'm not in Tony's place.
I've mellowed a lot over the past thirty years or so, but you'd still be cleaning up teeth and blood stains after I heard a fraction of the crap those clowns dish out.
Wasn't a 'press conference'...was the 'gaggle', which is an informal, off-camera meeting with the press--usually early in the day ahead of the more formal (and televised) Press Briefing.
This gaggle was held last Friday. Snow's first Press Briefing will be tomorrow.