Dense enough to think that more calls from the Obama administration than the Bush administration to The New York Times editorial page editors represents an effort by Obama to be more open with the media. It doesn’t occur to them that any time spent by Bush officials trying to have any meaningful dialogue with the NYT would have been wasted:
Andrew Rosenthal, The Times’ editorial page editor, says the Obama White House has been more “proactive†than the Bush White House was, offering up policy thinkers to more fully explain the administration’s positions — both before and after columns and editorials run.
“I’ve had more unsolicited offers for participation from the Obama people in 45 days than in the last eight years from Bush,†said Rosenthal.
