[AxelPaulsenJr]

Just exactly how are seats assigned in the press briefing room? Are there place cards on the chairs, etc?

Also the old hag must have enemies in the press or no one from the press would have taken her traditional seat regardless of if she was permitted to sit in it or not.

[KC Burke]

Apparently they are assigned, but that doesn't appear to be done in a manner where the senior WH correspondent gets the same one every time, or as you say, someone might have declined to take "her" seat. I'm sure that some of the top reporters knew what was happening even before it occurred. These things are obvious to the old guard.

[aristeides]

Also the old hag must have enemies in the press or no one from the press would have taken her traditional seat regardless of if she was permitted to sit in it or not.

Maybe it just goes to show how ambitious and cutthroat the Washington press corps is.

[floriduh voter]

There was no traditional seating last night. The front row was the President's admin - Condi, Ari, etc. I think it was like wedding seating. Dubya's group was on the right side and the lefties where they belonged.