Earlier this year, FlashReport alumnus Karen Hanretty took off for Washington, D.C., in search of new challenges.  As FR readers know, our former State Capitol Correspondent served as Communications Director for the California Republican Party, and has been regular contributor to the Fox News Channel (her appearances on Hannity and Colmes are too numerous to count).

Well, today it was announced by the Friends of Fred Thompson Committee (soon to be Thompson for President) that Karen has come onboard as their Deputy Communications Director, helping to oversee all aspects of the campaign’s national communications efforts, and also acting as a spokesman.  Congratulations, Karen — we’re proud of you!!

Fred Thompson’s quite "Golden State heavy" when it comes to his Communications Team.  Last month he brought on Todd Harris as Communications Director.  Todd also worked for the California Republican Party once upon a time, and went on to work for Governor Schwarzenegger in the recall and beyond.  He moved out to Tallahassee, Florida, where he worked for the State GOP there as well as serving in the Administration of former Governor Jeb Bush.  Todd works for the DC-based consulting firm Navigators.  The only photo I have of him is this tiny one, which is funny as he is being strangled in it by leftist actor Warren Beatty!

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 4th, 2007 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.