My Hero, Tony Snow

California Conservative has a great transcript highlighting some of White House Press Secretary Tony Snow's comebacks to the press today on the matter of the New York Times and the Swift program.

The blog also demonstrates the difference between the approaches of Tony and Scott McClellan by contrasting today's transcript with a transcript of a couple of McClellan's answers in a similar situation. McClellan was a nice guy, but he was not a success as a forceful advocate for the administration.

Tony manages to combine being a fast-on-his-feet, back-at-you advocate with being humorous and friendly. He's doing a wonderful job.