IT SEEMS UNFAIR TO DEPRIIVE SCOTT MCLELLAN OF THE TITLE FOR WORST PRESS SECRETARY EVER, BUT...:

Democratic Congressman v Gibbs (Jake Tapper, February 24, 2009, Political Punch)

Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and something of a firebrand, took issue with comments made last week by White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. [...]

In an interview with Congressional Quarterly, Oberstar said that LaHood "had the temerity to think...and what did he get? Slapped down. He's a good man. A decent man. Don't let him get slapped down by know-nothings."

Oberstar then suggested that Gibbs ought to stay out of the conversation on transportation policy.

"I've got news for you," Oberstar said, "transportation policy isn't going to be written in the press room of the White House."

...rare the WH flunky who can manage to alienate Cabinet and Congress in his first month on the job.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 24, 2009 8:15 AM