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It earlier as the attacker versus the absorber, saying carney may be an absorber. >> i thought, i thought brit was wise as usual. i agree with that. i agree with steve, too, that carney is a great guy. i think look, the two things you have to have if you are a good press secretary is access to the president. and the willingness to talk to the press and give information to the maximum extent you can. robert gibbs absolutely has access, total access. a ball of the president. has been with him since he was a senator, which jay has not. that is something he will have to earn. as to the willingness...

Resolution. the spending cuts together but it is going to last most of the year. >> bret: other big headline today, jay carney announced the new white house press secretary. what potentially changes here? >> this is an oversimplification. but this falls in the two categories. absorbers and attackers. mar lon fitzwater who was press secretary for raeagan and then first president bush was absorber. a government official but he didn't engage and never spokesman for the president. he didn't, he absorbed the questions and he didn't get in fights. that was his style. i would say mike mccurry, a skil...

Resolution. the spending cuts together but it is going to last most of the year. >> bret: other big headline today, jay carney announced the new white house press secretary. what potentially changes here? >> this is an oversimplification. but this falls in the two categories. absorbers and attackers. mar lon fitzwater who was press secretary for raeagan and then first president bush was absorber. a government official but he didn't engage and never spokesman for the president. he didn't, he absorbed the questions and he didn't get in fights. that was his style. i would say mike mccurry, a skil...

He would respond sharply to member of congress criticism. robert gibbs is an attacker. tony snow worked here was an attacker with a smile on his face. he knew a lot. my guess is carney with a long background as print journalism for time magazine prior to becoming vice president biden press secretary will be absorber. he is temperament is suited for that. you will notice a difference between him an gibbs for sure. >> we will see. brit, as always, thank you. >> you bet. >> bret: did speaker boehner predecessor use the airport as her personal travel agency? we talk about it in the grapevine. the ...

>> bret: mort, brit described it earlier as the attacker versus the absorber, saying carney may be an absorber. >> i thought, i thought brit was wise as usual. i agree with that. i agree with steve, too, that carney is a great guy. i think look, the two things you have to have if you are a good press secretary is access to the president. and the willingness to talk to the press and give information to the maximum extent you can. robert gibbs absolutely has access, total access. a ball of the president. has been with him since he was a senator, which jay has not. that is something he will have ...