By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYT

Tony Snow, the White House press secretary, formerly of Fox News, still likes to think of himself as a journalist by trade. But on Wednesday, he made clear that his transition to pitchman was complete: He announced he had begun headlining fund-raisers for Republicans.

“I wanted to be able to help the president,” Mr. Snow told reporters, explaining that he was about to become the first White House press secretary — to his knowledge — to help raise money for candidates.

“These are not going to be speeches where I go out and start railing against Democrats,” he added. “What I’m going to do is talk about the president’s record and what he’s done.”

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