Of them. I do think that marlin was ater, who particularly good press secretary under the George Herbert walker bush administration, tended to have less good number twos ands threes. The best press operation was pretty even. When barack obama became the president , they reorganized it. When you walk in from the press to the lower were office, there were twice as many people and people who specialized in each issue. If i had a health question, i knew exactly where to go. If i had an immigration or National Security question, the division of labor meant there were more people to reach out to and email made that almost instantaneous in getting answers back. Which administration was the hardest to get information from . Each administration had times in which it was difficult to get information. The end of the carter administration, we did not have email. It was handed in paper or announced over loudspeaker. The administration was on the ropes and defensive. It got hard to get routine thing
The press operations, they were pretty much stable through all of them. I do think that marlin fitzwater, who was a particularly good press secretary under the George Herbert walker bush administration, tended to have less good number twos and threes. The best press operation was pretty even. When barack obama became the president , they reorganized it. When you walk in from the press room where we were to the lower office, there were twice as many people and people who specialized in each issue. If i had a health question, i knew exactly where to go. If i had an immigration or National Security question, the division of labor meant there were more people to reach out to and email made that almost instantaneous in getting answers back. Which administration was the hardest to get information from . Each administration had times in which it was difficult to get information. Towards the end of the carter administration, we did not have email. It was handed in paper or announced over louds
Ropes and defensive. It got hard to get routine things from them. The best time for any of the administrations george bush and barack obama. When they walked in, they had an agenda and the transition was so orchestrated. President bush had an issue a week planned. Points of light. Education. There were paths to get to the information they wanted out. For every administration, during a time of war, being able to get their foreignpolicy and National Security Council People has been really a top priority. I have to give high marks to most of the administrations. Administrations. You could reach a real human being. Why did you quit . Because i felt it was the right time. There is honor in being able to stand up and walk away from something you have really enjoyed that may not still deliver the same satisfaction. It has come to something of a pausing moment. It is not a president ial campaign year. I never would have left during one. It is coming up on the market where i would have finished
Advantages to being here in the 10 00 p. M. Time slot. One, i get to follow the greatest star in cable news, rachel maddow. Hands me this giant audience. Dont blush. Number two, i get an extra hour, one more hour than you do to sit here and try to figure out what they mean when they say things like iran is on notice. Yes. And ive used the whole hour, rachel. I got nothing. We need them to know that were not going to not act. Well, were going you its stunning to me. I dont know. Its just iran. I dont know. Thank you, rachel. We are watching another night of protests, including antitrump protests at the university of california at berkeley over a speech by a protrump editor of Breitbart News that speech was canceled. Thats video that youre seeing from an hour ago. The situation there now does seem to be under control. And we have breaking leak news tonight from the white house. This white house is leaking more than any other white house that is less than two weeks old. And these leaks ar
One, i get to follow the greatest star in cable news, rachel maddow. Hands me this giant audience. Dont blush. Number two, i get an extra hour, one more hour than you do to sit here and try to figure out what they mean when they say things like iran is on notice. Yes. And ive used the whole hour, rachel. I got nothing. We need them to know that were not going to not act. Well, were going you its stunning to me. I dont know. Its just iran. I dont know. Thank you, rachel. We are watching another night of protests, including antitrump protests at the university of california at berkeley over a speech by a protrump editor of Breitbart News that speech was canceled. Thats video that youre seeing from an hour ago. The situation there now does seem to be under control. And we have breaking leak news tonight from the white house. This white house is leaking more than any other white house that is less than two weeks old. And these leaks are astounding. A president threatening to march troops i