Well, a certain financial one anyway. It is looking very likely that Tony Snow is on track to replace Scott McClellan.

GOOD. I would have preferred Dan Senor, but Tony Snow is going to be equally adept, if not more so, at throwing the misperceptions, innuendo and often times out-and-out lies coming from the White House press corps right back in their face.

I can’t wait!

Ok, first, Greg gets all the credit for this. Back story: Greg was watching part of this morning’s briefing and McClellan was being grilled about and defending Rumsfeld. He was clumsy, stuttering, stammering, and had zero command of the room. In short, as Greg put it, he acts like a “scared fourth grader” in front of the press corps.

**UPDATE 4/19/06 **

Well, I’ll be damned. There is something to that “ask and ye shall receive” thing after all!

Now, let’s get a pit bull in there that won’t be a door mat. There’s talk about Dan Senor or maybe Tony Snow. I like Tony Snow, but being from Fox News there are bound to be issues with the rabidly partisan WH press corps.

I think Dan Senor would be the better pick. He has the credibility, the linguistic skills, and he knows Iraq better than almost anyone Bush could pick for this job. And best of all, HE’S NOT A FREAKIN’ DOOR MAT.

Scott McClellan needs to be replaced. Greg says they might as well put Butters up there for all the good McClellan does. I have to agree.

I told Greg they would do something like this based on “emotion”, even though I had started to believe maybe I was wrong after the West Wing episode that aired on April 2nd.

The reversal of fortune for Matt Santos — the Democratic nominee, played by Jimmy Smits, who was the victor — had nothing to do with any shift in opinion among voters or a liberal ideology of the show’s writers and producers….

At the time of Spencer’s death, the plot for Sunday night’s episode had been set: The election was to be won by Alan Alda’s Arnold Vinick, a maverick Republican (modeled a bit on Sen. John McCain), whom many Democrats (including the Democrats who write the show) could learn to love.

But after Spencer died, O’Donnell said in a recent interview, he and his colleagues began to confront a creative dilemma: Would viewers be saddened to see Smits’ character lose both his running mate and the election? The writers decided that such an outcome would prove too lopsided, in terms of taxing viewers’ emotions, NYT reporter Jacques Steinberg will claim on Monday.

Translation? They already have PEST. They are already suffering from BDS. Why add insult to injury?

Funny how they had to come out the night it aired and proclaim the change in story “had nothing to do with any shift in opinion among voters or a liberal ideology of the show’s writers and producers.”

Bullsh*t * Cough * Bullsh*t * Cough. You believe Screamin’ Larry O’Donnell, right? He is such the trusthworthy sort.

And, I guess, who can blame them? If I had BDS, PEST, and tin-foil-hat syndrome, I’d want a win, no matter how small or make-believe, just to make me feel better too.

(Via Drudge)

The war is won in small battles. In-and-of themselves, winning these small battles may not seem like much. Yet in the end, they can add up to change the world.

Crackwhore Disheveled™

Maybe if you didn’t look like you had been doing crack with Whitney in her bathroom the night before, that police officer wouldn’t have made that mistake. If you are going to look like you just rolled out of a crack den, then expect to be treated like you look like you just rolled out of a crack den.

And last time I checked, “ghetto fabulous” was not the typical dressing style of a United States Congresswoman.

Here are some examples you might want to try to emulate, Cynthia:

California’s own Diane Watson & Barbara Lee

Florida’s Corrine Brown

And last, but not least, my absolute favorite jurist in the entire world, Janice Rogers Brown. Now this is what class looks like, Cynthia.

If you want to be taken seriously, try looking the part.