Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has snagged another highly regarded Republican operative for his presidential campaign as the fight among the presidential campaigns for brains and bodies slogs on.

This time it is Carl Forti, who served as communications director and independent expenditure director with the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee for nearly eight years. Mr. Forti, 34, will serve as Mr. Romney’s political director, working out of the Boston headquarters.

He brings two key attributes to the Romney campaign: His role in overseeing congressional campaigns across the country gives him intimate knowledge of the political demographics of many key battlefields across the states; he also knows many of the players.

And since his last job involved spending money on advertising to get Republicans elected, there are members of Congress and campaign operatives people who know him – and dare we say, feel indebted to him – in key districts across the country

Romney is a sleeping giant that is really starting to wake up - I believe the best is yet to come!

— Posted by Wayne in Texas