Google Hires Ex-McCain Spokesperson For Top Communications Job

Credit: National Review

The Wall Street Journal and Reuters are reporting that Google has hired Jill Hazelbaker to replace Matt Furman as head of corporate communications. Most recently Hazelbaker worked for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg during his successful re-election campaign.

Google has historically hired people with Washington experience, but bringing on Hazelbaker may anticipate a somewhat more adversarial road ahead for the search engine as it confronts anti-trust scrutiny at every turn.

While Google hires people without regard to their political views or orientation its top executives are widely regarded as supportive of Democrats and Democrat-favored positions. Yet the Obama Justice Department is proving a “tougher sale” than would likely have been the case under a McCain administration.