Thompson Communications Director Fired

Marc Ambinder is reporting that Fred Thompson's Communications Director Linda Rozette has been fired.

Ambinder writes, "the departure of Linda Rozette suggests that Bill Lacy, who managed Thompson's campaign for the Senate in 1994, is firmly in charge of his testing-the-waters committee-cum-presidential campaign.

Rozette, a veteran Washington hand, had no campaign experience, but she was originally hired on the recommendation of Jeri Kehn Thompson, the wife of the candidate. Rozette spent years as a senior executive at the Chamber of Commerce.

In a letter Lacy sent to campaign staffers this morning, he writes that while Rozette 'is a talented, professional and gracious lady who will be missed,' he felt it 'critical to have a communications point person with significant campaign experience' in the 'limited amount of time we have left.'

'I will have to make a lot of tough decisions to make our venture successful, and this was one of them,' Lacy writes." (Marc Ambinder, A Reported Blog on Politics)