Freedom’s Watch Hires Romney Aide - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog: "The conservative group, Freedom’s Watch, which has endured some prominent staff departures in recent months, announced today the hiring of Carl Forti, who was most recently political director for Mitt Romney’s presidential bid, to run the group’s issue advocacy campaign in the fall.

Prior to the Romney campaign, Mr. Forti was communications director at the National Republican Congressional Committee, where he oversaw the committee’s independent expenditures in 2004 and 2006.

Freedom’s Watch, organized as a 501(c)4 non-profit corporation, made a big initial splash after it was formed last year and plunged into a $15 million advertising campaign to build support for President Bush’s troop escalation in Iraq. The group also aired ads challenging the liberal group, MoveOn.org, for its criticism of General David Petraeus, the U.S. military commander in Iraq."