Potomac Flacks: Thompson Hires GOP Vet Todd Harris as Campaign Communications Director

August 30, 2007

Thompson Hires GOP Vet Todd Harris as Campaign Communications Director

According to The Washington Post, "likely presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) today hired veteran political spokesman Todd Harris to be his new Communications Director, finally tapping an experienced campaign hand to coordinate his message"

Harris is a former spokesman for Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) 2000 presidential campaign and was also Communications Director for former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA). Harris replaces Linda Rozett, who was let go last week.

Harris will oversee a communications shop in flux. Spokeswoman Burson Snyder left the campaign last week, and was replaced with Jim Mills, a former Fox News producer on Capitol Hill. (Washington Post's " The Trail" Blog)

Posted by Laura Gross on August 30, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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