The Hotline knows: Jonathan Epstein, who served as John Kerry's IA field
director, now manages the MD Gov campaign of Martin O'Malley. Kerry's IA
pol. dir. Mike Malaise is helping ex-Rep Nick Lampson run for Tom DeLay's
house seat. Ex-Sen. John Edwards' '04 IA campaign has bequeathed a large
and talented cadre of operatives. Field director Jennifer O'Malley, who
got her start working young colleage Gore-ites in NH in '00, is now the
campaign manager for Rep. Jim Davis's FL Gov campaign. Another vet of the
IA campaign, deputy pol. dir.