Baltimore Sun
Tony Snow says he "overstepped" and feels bad about telling reporters that
President Bush regards certain forms of embryonic stem cell research as "murder."
Julie Hirschfeld Davis writes: "Snow's breezy manner has at times landed him in sticky situations, such as last week's stem-cell miscue. ...Still, Snow sees candor as a strength, which is why, he said, he's working to make the White House more accessible."
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WP's Michael Abramowitz on Snow: "When one steps up in front of that mike every day for weeks on end, there are going to inevitably be mistakes and flubs and mistatements. If you make too many of them, you begin to lose credibility."
(WashingtonPost.com)
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"It's dangerous to hire a cocky, wordsmithy ideologue" as press rep (TNR)