Romenesko

Athens News
More from CBS White House correspondent Bill Plante's talk in Athens:
* During the Clinton years, "you could call up almost anybody on the inside and talk to them... usually about their favorite subject. Everybody felt free to speak his or her own mind."
* The Bush presidency has had more "message discipline" than any previous White House he's covered, but "you can't fault them for doing it that way; you can only fault us for maybe not figuring out how to crack the code."
* "I don't take any particular pleasure in the camaraderie that sometimes develops [between candidates and reporters] on campaigns."