Ari's Last Day

Today was Ari Fleischer's last day. The press, though, didn't make it easy on him:

The first two dozen questions at Ari Fleischer's Monday's briefing were about the bogus intelligence controversy, reports Dana Milbank. He writes: "Of the nearly 70 questions Fleischer received, fewer than 10 were about a subject other than Iraq -- and that includes the one from CBS's Mark Knoller wondering: 'Does today's briefing reinforce your decision to leave?'" Fleischer replied that it reinforced his decision to write a book, which will probably name the meanest White House correspondents. "The prickly news briefing allowed Fleischer to employ many of the evasive maneuvers that he has used to great effect during his tenure," notes Milbank.