White House reporters lose interest in Bush

[marmar]

from ThinkProgress:



White House reporters lose interest in Bush.»

The Politico reports today that with a “minimalist agenda of an unpopular president,” correspondents on “the White House beat during these lame duck days” have become bored. Many “describe a scene where one might expect tumbleweeds lazily blowing across the finely manicured lawn on Pennsylvania Avenue.” Some reporters explain:

“You can’t attribute it all to the presidential campaign,” said Julie Mason, White House correspondent for the Houston Chronicle. “(Bush’s) rhetoric is so exhausted. He rarely makes any news.”

Carl Leubsdorf, Washington bureau chief of the Morning News, said that with the public interested in the campaign, and the fact that “this president’s long passed the point of getting any initiatives enacted,” there’s not a lot of news coming out of presidential day trips.

The report added that the current Bush fatigue “outranks the waning days of the Clinton administration.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/19/white-house-reporters-lose-interest-in-bush/

[gasperc]

1. sigh, as their 401ks tank

from Bush's stupid policies. But who could have predicted that a semi-retarded dry drunk with a string of business failures could lead to economic problems on the other hand, he is great to have a beer with and threw great barbeque's for the press!!!

[Harry Monroe]

2. Bush should be arrested for murder!!!

Charge: Killing Time

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. "he rarely makes any news"??? should be "he rarely makes any sense".. but he always makes me sick!

[liberal N proud]

4. Bu$h is a freak show

They media doesn't want to continue the circus

[monmouth]

5. That press corps have paid their dues. Hope Helen goes on a cruise...n/t

[Raven]

6. They're "bored" with the man???? He's killing us and he can keep

on killing us until his last day in office. They should be all over him 24/7.

[MuseRider]

8. That was exactly my thought!

Holy crap people, he can cause tons of problems during the time that our press is "bored". THEY are bored and we are screwed and more people are killed and more destructive policy is enacted that we will not hear about. Oh yes, more of that successful cowboy diplomacy will be done without cover because our press is BORED?

[Supersedeas]

7. bored?? isn't there plenty of justice related stories to write about...WHAT!?!

If it ain't WH spin, then you have nothing to say.

[magellan]

9. If they were doing their jobs properly they wouldn't be bored. n/t

[margotb822]

10. So, they're just going to let the build up to Iran

slide by because they're bored. They're should be reporting on every illegal action until something actually happens to them. This is just the position they want to be in, no scrutiny and no questions!!