Farewell, Scotty
Last night, reporters gathered at the Marriott to bid a fond farewell to outgoing White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan (seen here with the AP’s Mark Smith, who’s also the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association). McClellan spoke briefly, thanking the crowd for showing up and and twice making a pretty lame joke about “there will be no questions” despite the hopes of several reporters who were hoping he might “leak like a sieve” once he leaves the administration.
Amongst the mingling masses (referred to by one WH reporter as the “blatherati”) at this surprisingly fun party, you might have overheard Mike Allen weighing in on Geoff Morrell’s fancy suit, Karen Travers talking about her recent venture to DisneyWorld, David Sanger wondering how the telescopic lenses of the Secret Service could be used for purposes besides security, Joe Curl bemoaning the excessive amount of down time there is when covering...
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