Final Bush-Blair presser post and my favourite Bushism – “I am disappointed by the pace of success.”

Here’s the basic division of opinion on Nick Robinson.

1) GO GET ‘EM

Chicago Tribune: We American reporters aren’t sure why our British cousins don’t stand when they ask questions of our president or their prime minister like we do.

But they sure have a suave way of asking the impertinent questions we reporters are duty bound to ask the powerful…

2) DON’T BECOME THE STORY

CBS Public Eye: There is something to be said for confrontation, and a press corps that doesn’t ask hard questions does the public a disservice. But there is a difference between asking a hard question in a polite way – perhaps with a polite but firm follow up or two – and offering up a petulant statement…which amounted to “why don’t you just admit you’re an insincere liar who doesn’t see reality, huh, Bushie?”

…just as a good reporter has to ask the right questions, he has to ask them in the right way. And by making what amounted to a little speech, the reporter shifted the spotlight to himself and elicited nothing more than a testy dismissal from the president.

If only here was there and there was here…