In a move to boost his credibility with Republicans, Michael Bloomberg has hired former McCain campaign spokesman Jill Hazelbaker to work on his reelection bid. The hire comes in the run-up to Bloomberg's February 25 meeting with the city's Republican county chairs, who will decide whether to allow him to run in their primary. (Asked by Azi at ...

Michael Bloomberg might have gone and hired John McCain’s former director of communications, Jill Hazelbaker, but it's going to take more than that to impress Phil Ragusa. “I don’t really know who she is," said Ragusa, the Queens County Republican chair. "Is she from New York?” Hazelbaker, is, in fact, from Oregon. “I wish her lots of ...