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"I do think that the quality which makes a man want to write and be read is essentially a desire for self-exposure and is masochistic. Like one of those guys who has a compulsion to take his thing out and show it on the street." - James Jones

West Wing Reportage

Wednesday Jul 23, 2008

By The Numbers: 1300

That's the number of press credential requests received by Team Obama to cover Obama's Berlin speech Thursday.

Tuesday Jul 22, 2008

New McCain Video Mocks Media Love Affair With Obama

The McCain campaign has put out the following video today, called "Obama Love." The video mocks the media for fawning over Sen. Barack Obama.

In its email blast to reporters about the video, the campaign says: "The video highlights the media's love affair with Barack Obama -- or as MSNBC's Chris Matthews says, 'that thrill going up my leg.'"

Monday Jul 21, 2008

WHCA Picks New Board Members, New President

The results are in from the White House Correspondents' Association. Officers are elected for three year terms.

President, 2010-2011

David Jackson 99
Jon Ward 40
Elizabeth Bumiller 1
Blank 2

AT-LARGE

Steve Scully 94
Stephanie Smith 42
Jeff Goldman 1
Jon Garcia 1
Alexis Simendinger 1
Blank 3

Newspaper Seat

David Jackson 93
Jon Ward 47
Elizabeth Bumiller 1
Blank 1

Photographer

Doug Mills 126
Larry Downing 3
Ron Edmonds 2
Khue Bui 1
Brian Haefeli 1
Blank 9

The new president come August 1 is the AP's Jennifer Loven. VP = Bloomberg's Ed Chen (who will assume the presidency in August 09).

Did You Make Obama's Cut?

There are so many journalists eager to join Sen. Barack Obama on his European trip that the campaign simply can't accommodate all of them on the plane.

Lynn Sweet blogged a few days back:

The Obama campaign plane, a 757, will have only about 40 journalists on the manifest. More reporters wanted to travel with the Obama campaign; some have been told not to pack their bags, one notified to be on standby. I'm told hundreds of news outlets were interested in making the trip with Obama, very popular in Europe. There are fewer seats available for reporters than usual because the campaign is taking on more staff than routinely flies with Obama. Secret Service agents also travel on the campaign plane.

Two U.S. based reporters for foreign newspapers who I talked to today said they were told no foreign journalists--even from the countries Obama is visiting--will be on the plane.

We hear that there are some upset journos, because some regular reporters have been kicked off the plane for this trip, with the campaign citing space reasons. The Washington Times wasn't given a seat. Neither was The New Yorker (pissed about the recent cover?). Or the Sunday Times of London. Of course, space is especially tight because of all the superstar reporters interested in this trip.

As a result, some reporters are doing portions of the trip on their own, not in the campaign bubble.

Among the outlets on the plane: ABC, New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg, AP, USA Today, Fox News, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, McClatchy, Sun-Times, Politico, Time, Newsweek (and various network embeds).

Who you might see on the plane: Candy Crowley, Jake Tapper, Major Garrett, Karen Tumulty, Margaret Talev, Jeff Zeleny, Lynn Sweet, Mike Dorning, Dan Balz, Caren Bohan, Julianna Goldman, Carrie Budoff Brown, Richard Wolffe, Sunlen Miller, Don Gonyea, Chris Welch, Maria Govrolic, Bonney Kapp, Athena Jones, David Espo, Lee Cowan, Mark Hudspeth, David Wright, Glen Johnson.

Playbook says that over 200 requests were made by reporters to the campaign.

In a Washington Post op-ed Sunday, Der Tagesspiegel D.C. bureau chief Christoph von Marschall says "he has almost completely refused to answer questions from foreign journalists. When the press plane leaves tonight for his trip, there will be, as far as I know, no foreign media aboard. The Obama campaign has refused multiple requests from international reporters to travel with the candidate."

On the trip, Carrie Budoff Brown talks about the new dress code issue by the Obama campaign.

Newsweek's Holly Bailey also looks at media coverage of Obama/McCain trips abroad.

Rachel Sklar: "Anchors Away! (On Obama's Overseas Adventure)"

AP's David Bauder asks: "Is media playing fair in campaign coverage?"

After the jump, the first pool report from the trip (from Chicago Tribune's John McCormick)...

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Friday Jul 18, 2008

McCain/Obama Health Plans: Which Report Is Right?

From Reuters:

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From Star-Ledger:

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Thursday Jul 17, 2008

This Week In Pool Reports

Don't call Bush a lame duck. Call him "first among equals". More of the week's adventures in the West Wing after the jump...

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Tuesday Jul 15, 2008

Bush Dodges Question About McClellan's Book

In President George W. Bush's press conference today, he dodged a question by CNN's Ed Henry about former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's book "What Happened."

    I have had no comment, and no comment now on Scott's book.

>UPDATE, from TVNewser:

    One person not in attendance: the dean of the White House press corps, Helen Thomas. Insiders tell us 87-year-old Thomas, who has covered every president since Kennedy, has not been feeling well the past few weeks. Her seat in the front row will be empty.

Monday Jul 14, 2008

President Bush Visits The Snow Family

Today, President George W. Bush visited the home of the late Tony Snow, who passed away on Saturday.

From a pool report just filed by the New York Times' Steven Lee Myers:

After the president made his statement in the Rose Garden, he boarded the motorcade with Laura Bush and departed at 1:23. At one point the presidential limousine, with an escort but in normal traffic because this was an "off the record" trip, pulled beside a Tourmobile but just at the moment most of those aboard seemed concentrated on the Jefferson Memorial.

The motorcade proceeded uneventfully down the George Washington Parkway, drove, stop and go, through Alexandria and passed the Beltway before turning off and winding to the Snow home. The press office asked the pool not to make public the address. The motorcade arrived at 2:10, and the pool is now holding in the vans.

In addition, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino addressed the passing of her predecessor during today's White House press briefing:

MS. PERINO: Hello, everybody. First I'd like to spend a moment just sharing a word about our friend and former White House Press Secretary, Tony Snow. We appreciate all of the emails and outreach that you did to me and for Jill and the children this week -- this weekend, after we got the terrible news about his death on Saturday morning.

President Bush always says that you never know what sort of hand you're going to be dealt with, and sometimes you're dealt a hand that you didn't expect and that you don't want to play, but that you have to play it. And I think all of us can agree that Tony Snow played his cards to the best of his ability and in a way that we would all aspire to.

During his first White House press briefing on May 16, 2006, Tony said, "I feel every day is a blessing," and throughout the next 16 months people around the world witnessed him live up to the statement.

At this podium, Tony was a passionate advocate of the President's policies, a devoted public servant, and a true gentleman. He was also a lot of fun. He greeted each day with enthusiasm and each question with a smile -- but I think he usually won out in the arguments.

During his last briefing on September 12, 2007, Tony said, "This job has been the most fun I ever had." And most importantly, Tony always made clear that his family came first, and that's why today our thoughts and prayers are with Jill and his three lovely children, Kendall, Robbie and Kristi.

And as I announced this morning, the funeral service will be on Thursday, July 17th, at Catholic University, at the Basilica. The President and Mrs. Bush will attend.

Friday Jul 11, 2008

Dunham Talks About Pool Reports Policy

After our post yesterday -- "WHCA: Sticking With New Pool Report Policy" -- Houston Chronicle D.C. Bureau Chief Rick Dunham sent in the following note:

    Thanks for your most recent item. A couple of thoughts here.

    Ann Compton is correct on all of the factual points. Since I am the de facto leader of the Gang of Eight, as Ann has dubbed us, I would argue with just one thing. We are not "smaller" newspapers. (I guess you could argue that almost every newspaper is smaller than it was a year ago, both in circulation and page size.)

    USA Today, one of our newspapers represented, is #1 in circulation among U.S. dailies. The Houston Chronicle, my paper, is #9. The Chicago Tribune is #8. The others at the meeting were Dallas (#13), San Diego (#24), Cox Newspapers (#18 Atlanta, Austin), Hearst (Houston plus #12 SF, San Antonio and Seattle) and McClatchy (Miami, #19 Minneapolis, #25 Sacramento and much more).

    The three papers on the other side of this are the NY Times (#3) and Wall Street Journal (#2), which attended the meeting, and the Washington Post (#7), which did not.

    The ten largest papers in the country are divided on this, with three favoring the WHCA action, four opposed (if you include Gannett’s Arizona Republic) and three (LA Times, NY Post, NY Daily News) not having taken a public position, to my knowledge. If “smaller papers” means those outside the top ten, I think they would be close to universally negative on the policy.

    Ann is right: Our recent discussions have been productive. She and we want to work toward a solution to the dual issues of (1) declining press travel caused by newspaper economics and rising costs of White House travel and (2) what kind of right the public has to information from inside the presidential bubble and who has the right/responsibility/power to make those kinds of decisions. I give Dean Baquet a lot of credit for coming to this with an open mind and understanding the nuances of a WHCA policy that the vast majority of his newspaper colleagues in Washington view as unacceptable and unsustainable. Issues remain, but I think that all of us are working to see if we can reach a consensus solution without shutting down or limiting pool access.

This Week In Pool Reports

Happy Birthday POTUS! Nothing says 62 like a wooden box. How so?

Join us after the jump...

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Previously

WHCA: Sticking With New Pool Report Policy

Lord Save Us: Journos Running The White House?!?

Bush Meets The (Foreign) Press

This Week In Pool Reports

Eggen Looks At Pool Report Controversy

Meet Your White House Correspondents' Association Wannabes

WH Pool Reports: Silva Responds to McKinnon

This Week In Pool Reports

White House Reporters Debate New Pool Policy

Perino Plays Hardball

Tim Russert Would Not Be Pleased

White House Correspondents Association Changes Pool Report Policy

More Boys On The Bus

Get Better Helen!

This Week In Pool Reports

Tony Fratto Channels Donald Rumsfeld

Russert Complained About Obama Camp's Press Access

Journos Abroad

This Week In Pool Reports

ABC News Announces 2008 Candidate Assignments

Things Getting Hot In The White House Pool

This Week In Pool Reports

Depends On What Your Definition Of "Concede" Is...

This Week In Pool Reports

McClellan Overload

Fleischer "Heartbroken" Over McClellan's Book

McClellan: The White House Responds

Ream Him Up, Scotty

Fox Embed Aaron Bruns Goes Dancing With The Stars

Twice In One Week: The White House Goes After The Media

This Week In Pool Reports

Lynn Sweet Works Harder Than You

President Bush Is Nicer Than April Ryan's Husband

This Week In Pool Reports

To Do This Weekend

Charles Levinson's Fingers Hurt

UPDATE: ABC News Already Getting Ready For McCain's VP Pick

Journos in Crawford

Yahoo, Politico Score Bush's First Online Interview

This Week In Pool Reports

UPDATED: Washington Times Layoffs

This Week In Pool Reports

Back In His Drinking Days, Bush Would Have Partied With Brian Haefeli

Bush Takes On Stolberg

What If The Journos Just Disappeared?

How The Press Rolls In New Orleans

No One Cares About Covering Cheney Anymore

This Week In Pool Reports

Zamfir Plays For WH Press Corps

This Week In Pool Reports

Knoller and Ohm Are A Beautiful Couple

If You've Ever Wanted To See Homeless Journos, Here's Your Chance

That's A Lot Of Spice Channel

This Week In Pool Reports

J-Mart Finally Finds His Girl

WH Reporters Get Randy

This Is Getting Good

But Will He Do Barbecue?

How Perino Reacts To Les, #8

Seinfeld Would Hate Journos

Cheney Can Even Make Horses Dislike Journos

The Military: It's A Guy Thing

Bush and Greta...Sitting In A Tree

Reuters Rocks It

This Week In Pool Reports

How Perino Reacts To Les, #7

Cheney Respects The Press!

This Week In Pool Reports

Perino on "The Daily Show"

How Perino Reacts To Les, #6

Journos Hang With McCain

Bumiller v. McCain

Hotline Says Goodbye To All Sorts of People

Rough Day For Obama's Press Corps

The WH Finds New Anti-Press Strategy

Andrea Mitchell: Clinton Conf Call Regular

This Week In Pool Reports

President's Presser: The Highlights

Coach Brown Scolds Pickler

Send Us The Email!

Liberia Has Really Clean Windows

Bill Plante Dodges Black Mamba Snakes

This Week In Pool Reports

POTUS' Advance Staff Hates Journos

Bush Knows His Journos

One Sweet Pool Report

The Clinton/Journo Romance Continues

Clinton Helps Reporters on Valentine's Day

McClellan (Naturally) Goes Private

Say It Ain't So, Dana, Tony and the Rest of Ya!

This Week In Pool Reports

Travelling With Mike Huckabee Continues To Be Frustrating

Goler's Back

How Perino Reacts To Les, #5

Travelling With Mike Huckabee Is Dangerous

This Week In Pool Reports

This Week In Pool Reports

Compton Says "All's Good" With WHCA Dinner and Jewish Attendees

Poor Spouses

This Week In Pool Reports

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