Low-Key Player: The New White House Press Secretary Is Primed and Ready for Caution

The Washington Post ^ | 7/10/2003 | Howard Kurtz

[Utah Girl]

Scott McClellan can seem effortlessly funny, as when the new presidential press secretary told reporters: "I look forward to working with the White House press corps -- at least most of you, anyway."

What the assembled journalists didn't know was that McClellan had tried out the line on several White House aides beforehand, asking if they thought it went too far.

The 35-year-old Texan is soft-spoken, self-deprecating and so cautious that he makes the man he's replacing, Ari Fleischer, sound like a gangsta rapper. And there may never have been a White House spokesman in the television age who recoiled so visibly from the spotlight.

McClellan may be low-key, says White House political czar Karl Rove, but "low-key means unflappable."

[Utah Girl]

Pretty good profile on Scott McClellan. He was trained by Karen Hughes, so he is even more tight-lipped than Ari Fleischer. The WH press corps has got to be hating this. :)

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[Brad’s Gramma]

The WH press corps has got to be hating this.

Good.