Barrett Officially Names Campaign Manager

Thank you Steve Schultze of the Journal Sentinel, for passing on information most of my readers have known since last Tuesday night.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has hired Bill Hyers, an Obama Administration official and former Democratic campaign aide, to manage Barrett's run for governor next year.

Mayoral aide Patrick Curley confirmed the Hyers hiring Monday. A formal announcement is expected Tuesday, said Jeff Fleming, a spokesman for Barrett's Democratic gubernatorial bid.

Hyers most recently worked as a White House liaison to the Department of Veterans Affairs. He managed successful campaigns of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillebrand, of New York. Hyers also worked on the 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns of John Edwards.

The Des Moines Register first reported Hyers hiring by Barrett Sunday.

Actually, I saw on a blog post last Wednesday by the Des Moines Register confirming my own blog post while I was flying around the country.  There they pretty much told us Hyers was offered the campaign gig in Iowa first -- to put back together the slowly imploding re-election campaign of Democratic Governor Chet Culver (no relation to the Wisconsin Culvers I believe) which polls show is losing by 20 points -- but took the Barrett position instead.

[Please, only I may make jokes about Barrett being 'Sloppy Seconds."]

All credit for breaking the news of the Hyers hire, of course goes to WisPolitics.com.