<![CDATA[Bush's Final Press Conference: White House Interns Forced To Fill Seats]]>

1.0 link 157517 <![CDATA[Bush's Final Press Conference: White House Interns Forced To Fill Seats]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/13/bushs-final-press-confere_n_157517.html Bush's final press conference was, at best, a maladroit, awkward, and typically belated attempt at final fence-mending before the president leaves office for good. As Dana Milbank notes in Tuesday's Washington Post, Bush seemed well-rehearsed and ready to discuss the myriad issues upon which he often draws the most criticism -- the economy, Katrina, Abu Ghraib, the "Mission Accomplished" banner, and more. Milbank writes:

By the time he finished, it was hard to imagine why only 23 percent of Americans...

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