Dissing Tom Daschle
Newsweek, December, 2001 by Martha Brant
Sen. Tom Daschle was not in the mood to speak with reporters after he and the other three congressional leaders had their weekly meeting with President Bush on Tuesday. Daschle's reticence spoke volumes.
Usually, when their breakfast meeting is through, the leaders make comments in the driveway right outside the West Wing. That's where reporters "stake out" White House visitors. It has a less entrepreneurial feel than you'd think: a bank of cameras wait on tripods for politicians to make a beeline to them--often with no coaxing at all. But this week, the Senate majority leader took a pass.
Why were the leaders being "unusually shy?" reporters asked Press Secretary Ari Fleischer in the daily briefing. "It's unlike them," another reporter opined. Fleischer refused to...
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