Gov. Charlie Crist has hired a communications director for his Senate campaign, and this time he has reached far beyond his circle of aides in Florida. Crist has signed up Andrea Saul, who until last week was a spokesperson for Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. Saul's hiring was reported Monday on the Weekly Standard's political blog, which said Saul previously handled radio and TV bookings for the John McCain presidential campaign and did press for the Republican National Committee.

Saul, 27, is a native of Dalton, Ga., (known as the "Carpet Capital of the World") and a graduate of Vanderbilt University. Here's an interesting feature on Saul from her hometown newspaper, the Dalton Citizen. Crist's campaign, in announcing Saul's hiring, notes that her parents now reside in Palm Beach County.