they were talking about it at the white house. when he was asked to address it at a press conference that s when he took skip gates side. it was later he realized he made a mistake by doing that and showed up at the briefing room in a surprise appearance, if you will, to announce this beer summit. clearly there was a personal connection when it came to that story and realized he made a mistake and he had to come out and correct that mistake. this go-around with mrs. shirley sherrod is mark ed edly different. he doesn t have a relationship with her, dunce know her. he wasn t involved with this initially. this is something happening through the agriculture department. he wants involved in pushing that resignation. when he was briefed and realized his own secretary was in trouble, he took up for the secretary and defended him and his decision. it wasn t until later when he was briefed again and they brought this full tape disclosure of the naacp, full tape, hay did this reversal. and mad