The White House press shop will soon have a new edition: Jennifer Palmieri, who will be the deputy communications director.
Palmieri is a veteran of the Clinton White House, where she worked for eight years, including a stint as the deputy press secretary. She also worked in the press shop for the Democratic National Committee before going on to work as the national communications director for Democrat John Edwards’ presidential bid during the 2004 election cycle. She later served as the communications director of Democrat John Kerry’s presidential campaign.
Since 2005, though, she’s worked for the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank. She is currently both the senior vice president of communications for the Center for American Progress and the president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund — the 501(c)(4) advocacy and lobbying branch of CAP.
Palmieri herself was listed as a lobbyist for the Center for American Progress Action Fund in forms filed with Congress in 2005 — the only year she has been listed as a lobbyist for CAP during her time there. (Incidentally, she was also listed as a lobbyist in 2001 for the advocacy group Americans for Gun Safety, where she worked briefly between the Clinton White House and the DNC.)
Despite her status as a former lobbyist, Palmieri is likely to find a welcome home working for a president who once vowed that lobbyists would not “find a job in my White House.”
Obama, on the first day after his inauguration, signed a much-trumpeted executive order that outlined new ethics rules and restrictions governing the so-called revolving door.
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