There is in Washington now the Scott McClellan Iron Law: no prior friendship, service, or connection with the president ever justifies putting a press secretary out there who is both evasive and inept, and who will not improve, no matter how many private assurances of confidence and loyalty for past service the president conveys. I think Rahm Emanuel will have to intervene soon. Being a tough inside fighter is not the same as being an adept and direct press secretary. That a pleasant-sounding Robert Gibbs is a far better than Scott McClellan is not enough—especially when working for a hope and change immortal rather than a mere president.