| (Following up on my Quick Hits piece, I wanted to provide a bit more insight and context.)
Need proof the McCain campaign's about to hit a brick wall? The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder's got it.
Jill Hazelbaker, currently McCain's New Hampshire communications director, is likely to take over as national communications director, a Republican briefed on the changes said. She's worked closely with McCain's new team, worked well with his old team, and has no dog in the fight but McCain.
You remember Jill Hazelbaker, right, Blue Jersey? Oh, I know you do.
Hazelbaker was caught here at Blue Jersey last year engaged in a variety of blogospheric no-no's. For one thing, she was engaged in an astroturfing campaign to make it seem as if there was a groundswell of Democratic disaffection with Senator Menendez's candidacy. To top it off, she did this by sockpuppeting, or creating a number of Blue Jersey accounts with which to post comments along the same theme.
And now, as the McCain campaign slips further into oblivion, Hazelbaker, who had been serving as his spokesperson in New Hampshire, is apparently being called up to replace outgoing Communications Director Brian Jones. Jones, according to Ambinder and The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, is part of a mass wave of resignations of loyalists to former campaign manager Terry Nelson. Other press resignations include Jones' deputies Danny Diaz, Matt David, national press secretary Amanda Henneberg, Iowa spokesman Tim Miller and South Carolina spokesman Adam Temple.
Our congratulations to Jill for being sixth in line for a job that likely won't last the summer. |
