WASHINGTON: It's been called the second toughest job in the White House, and on December 28, George W. Bush handed it to Ari Fleischer, a born and bred New Yorker raised by democrats.

WASHINGTON: It's been called the second toughest job in the White House, and on December 28, George W. Bush handed it to Ari Fleischer, a born and bred New Yorker raised by democrats.

Many had expected the job of press secretary to go to Karen Hughes, Bush's communications director ...