Ryan hires 8 communications staffers

[mystery-ak]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/the-gavel/2015/11/paul-ryan-speaker-communication-staffers-215428


Ryan hires 8 communications staffers

By Jake Sherman

11/02/15 05:16 AM EST

Speaker Paul Ryan has hired eight communications staffers as he builds what he promises will be a large-scale press shop to lead the GOP messaging operation.

Ryan (R-Wis.) has said he'll spend a lot of time on television communicating the party's message. He plans to hire upward of a dozen communications hands.

Brendan Buck, who worked for Ryan on the Ways and Means Committee and for former Speaker John Boehner, will run the operation. The other additions are:

* Mike Ricci, another former Boehner hand, will be communications director.

* AshLee Strong, who has worked for Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's presidential campaign, will serve as press secretary.

* Sarah Swinehart, who worked for Ways and Means and Boehner's press operation, will be director of media affairs.

* Doug Andres, a former Rules Committee staffer and Ryan aide, will be the press secretary for White House press.

* Caleb Smith will be digital communications director.

* Molly Edwards will be deputy press secretary.

* Vanessa Day will be senior communications adviser.

* Brian Bolduc will be Ryan's director of speechwriting.

In what was, perhaps, a sign of things to come, Ryan went on all five Sunday morning news shows, just days after capturing the speakership.

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[Longiron]

Don't forget his MOST important hire?? Old boss same as the new boss. 


http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/01/exclusive-gop-campaigns-agree-to-cut-rnc-out-of-debate-process-negotiate-directly-with-networks/

[alicewonders]

I see a lot of Boehner staffers there.

[truth_seeker]

Is there anybody in DC that is from California, Texas, Florida ?

Three of our four largest states, NOT in the mid-Atlantic DC metro of government corruption, money, media, corporation Hq., lobbyists, military-industrial management, defense contractors, etc.

Some major corporations have simply relocated their corporate Hq. to the greater DC metro area, as a matter of fact.

Then you have people like Pat Buchanan who have lived in the area for their entire careers, avoiding military service, living off the system.