Admin Skips Middlemen, Takes Over TV

gutierrez_official_180.jpgIn the Bush administration’s latest campaign to undermine the “typical Washington press corps” and speak directly to the American people, Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez this morning guest hosted CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

What’s next? Ken Mehlman guest hosting “Meet the Press”? On the other hand, if you believe the Huffington Post’s multi-week campaign against Tim Russert, the substance wouldn’t change all that much.

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