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Challenging him on something, will we be back here again in a month or two? >> it's very likely, and they may or may not cite this unenforceable rule, but it really gets us to a kind of bigger question, which is, you know, what is the white house doing, deciding who should have a pass, who shouldn't? i think all you have to do is look at the other end of pennsylvania avenue and in congress, the decision of which organizations have press passes and a lot of these rules are actually set by elected representatives of journalists. and i think that that is the kind of system that the white house sh...

What jumps out to me at this excellent "new york times" poll, i found fascinating to look at is how ronald reagan is being accepted by democrats as a great president or near great. barack obama has had a huge leap up in the "times" poll, up ten points. but you see the power, i think, of history and media on these polls. i mean ulysses s. grant is up because rob chernow has a best-selling book about him. lyndon johnson has had a lot of movies and one-man plays and celebrations for 50 years of civil rights and voting rights legislation and lbj is up quite a bit. if i have a disappointment in the...