Monica also has a velvet glove and likability, a la a female Tony Snow, that could be needed to charm the press in balance to Trump’s direct gruffness with them.
I have seen her, smiling, put Imus to the brink of argument, reduced to resting his forehead on his microphone in debate defeat, and still admiring her. just yesterday he was talking her up big.
don’t know how that translates to doing this job.