Among others, our good friend Barbara Comstock joins the team:

October 17, 2006 – Heading into the final stretch before the mid-term elections next month, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s Commonwealth PAC today announced the addition of three top political advisors and a press secretary to his Commonwealth PAC team. The three advisors, Sally Bradshaw, Noam Neusner, and Barbara Comstock will assist the PAC as it focuses on several key Republican races across the country. All three have extensive political and policy experience in both national and local Republican politics. “I am pleased that Sally, Noam and Barbara have agreed to lend us their political and policy expertise,” Governor Romney said. “This last month will be critical as Republicans fight to keep control of Governorships and the U.S. House and Senate.” The Commonwealth PAC also added Jared Young as Press Secretary for the PAC to handle press relations during these critical closing weeks. Sally Bradshaw has an extensive career in federal and state government and the political arena, most recently serving as the Chief of Staff for Governor Jeb Bush from January of 1999 through December of 2000. Bradshaw served as senior Campaign Advisor to the Bush-Brogan 2002 re-election campaign. She also managed Bush’s 1998 gubernatorial bid, a position she also held in 1994. She has lived in Florida since 1991, holding a variety of political positions including Political Director of the Republican Party of Florida, Executive Director of the 1992 Florida Bush-Quayle campaign, and Staff Director for the House Republican Office. She has also served as Executive Director of the Foundation for Florida’s Future, a non-profit grassroots public policy institute. Before moving to Florida, Bradshaw worked at the White House, where she was an Associate Director for the Office of Political Affairs from 1989-1991. She also served as a regional field coordinator for the Bush for President campaign in 1988. Noam Neusner was President George W. Bush’s primary speechwriter on domestic policy matters, including tax relief, Medicare reform, and energy. He also served as Director of Communications and Strategic Planning for Josh Bolten at the Office of Management and Budget, a cabinet-level agency in charge of producing the federal budget. While there, he oversaw the agency’s external and internal communications and was part of Bolten’s senior staff. Neusner is an experienced communications strategist, speechwriter, journalist, and author. He is the founding principal of Neusner Communications LLC, a firm specializing in strategic communications, speechwriting, and policy-specific writing. Neusner’s experience as a journalist includes work at the Tampa Tribune, Bloomberg News, and U.S. News and World Report. Barbara Comstock is the former director of the Office of Public Affairs for theU.S. Department of Justice, under Attorney General John Ashcroft. She alsoserved as a Bush/Cheney 2004 media surrogate and worked with outsideconservative groups on the Supreme Court nominations of Chief Justice Robertsand Justice Alito. In the 2000 election, Comstock served as the director ofresearch and strategic planning at the Republican National Committee whereshe was responsible for developing and managing the research operationsutilized by the Bush 2000 campaign. In 2001, she developed the RNC’s“Winning Women” communications initiative focusing on outreach to womenvoters. Her experience on Capitol Hill includes the positions of chiefcounsel/chief investigative counsel and senior counsel for the U.S. House ofRepresentatives Committee on Government Reform and as a senior staffer toRep. Frank Wolf (R- Va.) Comstock has been involved in numerousRepublican campaigns and conventions, including serving as a Republicanconvention delegate and working on the Republican Platform Committee. Jared Young has extensive communications experience. Most recently, heworked as a Senior Media Associate at The Heritage Foundation, where hefocused on National Security issues and Capitol Hill outreach. Prior to that, heserved for 10 months in Iraq as a Senior Press Advisor to the CoalitionProvisional Authority and later as the Director of the International Press Centerin Baghdad. Young’s Capitol Hill experience includes serving as the DeputyCommunications Director for the Senate Environment and Public WorksCommittee and in the press office to Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK). He was also thePress Secretary for Inhofe’s re-election campaign in 2002.