The move does give Snow a chance to turn some of his recent complaints about the Bush White House's media strategy into action, and his personality should be better suited for televised press conference battles than Scott McClellan's was. But Tony does run the risk of being as suprised as Ron Nessen was when he left NBC to become President Ford's press secretary if he expects any real change in the media's relations with the administration just because he's now on the podium.

Tony understands them. That's why he'll stroke their egos. Step One: signal that he's going to be respectful. He'll eat their lunch with a smile.

He's either vey brave or doesn't know what he's getting into. This will be seen by the MSM as a death struggle. They do not believe they can allow a successful press secretary to emerge from right-of-center media, and will do anything they can, underhand or not, to destroy him.

A press secretary's job is to explain the president's policies, not his own. Having him as part of the decision making process is ridiculous. I hope what Bush has in mind becomes clear soon because from where I sit, this can't be anything but a disaster.

A press secretary's job is to explain the president's policies, not his own. Having him as part of the decision making process is ridiculous. I hope what Bush has in mind becomes clear soon because from where I sit, this can't be anything but a disaster.

I've managed to save up roughly $81628 in my bank account, but I'm not sure if I should buy a house or not. Do you think the market is stable or do you think that home prices will decrease by a lot?

It depends on the demographic trends where you. A place like MA is losing population, so housing prices certainly could fall, but in other places -- much of the South for instance -- population growth alone will keep prices for falling much.