Dana Perino: Obama A "Phenomenal Candidate," "I'll Give You Eight Months" For Press Honeymoon

Washington Post:

The network stars were gone, the seats half empty and the questioning low-key as Dana Perino held a White House briefing last week, her biggest announcement that the administration would try to ease air traffic for the holidays.

President Bush has faded from the news, and the last year has been hard on his press secretary as she tried to follow his orders not to defend him from the verbal assaults of the campaign to succeed him.

"We took it from all sides, and it was difficult," Perino says. "When you're that close to your boss, it's hard sometimes not to take it personally."

Perino marvels at the glowing press that Barack Obama has gotten -- "He was a great candidate, a phenomenal candidate," she says -- but warned his incoming chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, that it wouldn't last forever. "I'll give you eight months," she told him.

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Comments

[Rebecca]

Is she fishing for a job?

[adey]

Carney.psychic.

[old lady]

Fishing is not in Bob Jones University curriculum

[sociocanuck]

It depends. Fox News and legions of probably-paid forumite sh**-disturbers are already attacking Obama for either irrelevant, disingenous, or just plain contradictory things. He's had less than zero press honeymoon from that set.

[weatherwaxx]

It's not hers to give.

[majorteddy]

Touche' !!!!!

[reggieb]

dance biscuit

[brt929]

The Obama administration has promised to be open and upfront. I'm sure there will be times that they cannot give out certain information- but the difference is they won't attempt to lie or spin the truth.

Now, what is the Bush administration calling their withdrawal agreement again, Dana?

[Earl]

...and then after that, they figure out you don't know jack about historic events, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis.

[Bagger]

Not paying any attention to a word you say. But man you are hot.

[MalloMel]

Believe me, I've seen a lot hotter. The only thing she has going for her in that respect, that I can see, is that she is female, but so are about 3 billion other people, plus a whole lot of other animals. Actually, I would classify here as average.

[lbolle]

Maybe if his press secretaries weren't snide, condescending, secretive and smarmy they'd be more popular.

[Shadow08]

She's assuming everything the new administration says is going to be a lie like her bosses admin. She doesn't know that a smart administration armed with facts does not have to resort to what she has to.

[AnnArky]

The term "smarmy" comes to mind.

[tidalfist]

P I S S O F F.

[KOisGod]

I hear Dana is going to replace Alan Colmes over at Fox. She's going to represent what's LEFT of the bush doctrine...

[KOisGod]

Dana "too much cappicino" Perino.

What will her leaving do to Starbucks sales {shudder} ?

[truesteam]

Why is the current "leader" of the free world looking for pity?

[levibatgirl]

'Cause he's a "dry" drunk.

[weatherwaxx]

You think he's dry? I think he went back on the bottle during the 04 elections. He looked half in the bag during most of the debates.

[peacegurl48]

I doubt that because the Obama team will bring back smart people with honest answers not spin doctor automatons like Dana! ! You still defend Bush/Cheney that speaks volumes about your credibility.