Tony Snow Appears Today at First Formal Briefing
	Tony Snow will appear today at his first formal briefing at the White House, which was postponed from yesterday --- apparently because he realized how unprepared he was to handle the press.        He said last Friday that his first Press Conference was “just a mess.” He admitted to being totally surprised that the members of the press did not love him as he had expected.        “I had this wonderful idea that this would be nice and collegial and relaxed, but it obviously at this point is just a mess,” he said.
The New York Times reports that today’s briefing “is certain to be another standing-room-only crowd.” The Times is the flagship for the Sulzberger family, now headed by Pinch Sulzberger, who is successfully leading the fight against President Bush.        If Snow has illusions about his having a collegial discussion with any of Pinch’s reporters today, he had better think again.

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