are they really talking about this administration?

Gibbs Departure Offers Opportunity To Fix White House Press Relations

WASHINGTON -- The modern White House press secretary operates in a defensive crouch, fending off questions rather than answering them and revealing as little as possible.

But does it have to be this way? What if the next press secretary took a different approach -- and offered the media and the public a more expansive view into the goings-on inside the West Wing?

The imminent departure of spokesman Robert Gibbs gives President Barack Obama -- and his new chief of staff, William Daley -- a chance to reset the relationship between the White House and the press, and to live up to Obama's campaign promises about transparency and accountability.

(Huffington Post)

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Sure, all administrations play things close to the chest, but after 8 years of bush's outright lies, this is the meme regarding Gibbs' departure?