From his remarks this morning:

I’m delighted to be here. One of the things I want to do is just make it clear that one of the reason I took the job is not only because I believe in the president, because, believe it or not, I want to work with you. These are times that are going to be very challenging. We’ve got a lot of big issues ahead and we’ve got a lot of important things that all of us are going to be covering together. And I am very excited and I can’t wait.
And I want to thank you, Mr. President, for the honor. And thank all your guys for your forbearance. And I look forward to working with you. Thanks.

Andrew Sullivan thinks Bush is just getting a better spokesman to explain the same bad policies. I disagree. I think Snow is just one manifestation of new chief of staff Josh Bolten’s back-to-basics approach. Look at Bolten’s new picks: Rob Portman for OMB, Joel Kaplan for policy coordinator, and now Snow for press secretary. These men are true conservative wonks — as is Bolten himself.

My hypothesis — that these conservatives will make a difference — looks like it will be put to the test in the coming showdown over the pork-laden emergency supplemental Bush threatened to veto yesterday. If Congress busts the $92 billion ceiling, and Bush fails to veto the bill as promised, we’ll know that the status quo prevailed.