Recall that Shine dined with President Trump and Scaramucci last week, a meeting first reported by the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza. The report prompted Scaramucci to call Lizza to ask who leaked information about the private gathering, and, well, you know the rest.

Though he has never worked in politics, Shine would make a lot of sense for the job. He produced Sean Hannity's show "Hannity & Colmes" and later oversaw all Fox News opinion programming under Roger Ailes. Shine certainly knows how to drive a message.

Kellyanne Conway

The counselor to the president who managed Trump's campaign down the stretch is the subject of White House “chatter,” according to the Daily Caller. Conway's experience as a frequent spokeswoman and a leader on Trump's staff make her a logical pick, but occasional gaffes — “alternative facts,” “Bowling Green massacre,” “go buy Ivanka's stuff” — make her somewhat risky, too.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Sanders, who just took over as White House press secretary, would probably be a stopgap solution if asked to pick up the duties of communications director. Outgoing press secretary Sean Spicer did two stints of double duty, on an interim basis, so there is precedent for such an arrangement.

Sean Spicer

Crazy, right? The New York Times's Glenn Thrush reported Tuesday that Spicer is now represented by attorney Bob Barnett, known for helping clients cash in with book deals, which suggests that the outgoing press secretary is ready to move on.

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But Spicer hasn't left the White House yet. He was reportedly preparing to transition into a behind-the-scenes role, anyway — and essentially had done so, leading only two briefings in the four weeks before he resigned. He said he quit to give Scaramucci a clean slate, but Scaramucci is gone. Maybe he could just go back to doing what he was doing before July 21.

Jason Miller

Miller, now a CNN analyst, was Trump's original choice to be communications director. He abruptly quit on Christmas Eve, just two days after accepting, saying he needed to focus on his family and that it was “not the right time to start a new job as demanding as White House communications director.” Eight months later, has the timing improved?

Corey Lewandowski

More than a year removed from his job as Trump's original campaign manager, Lewandowski has never really stopped serving as the president's messenger. He finished the campaign as a pro-Trump commentator on CNN and is a regular guest on Fox News. The Daily Beast said he also just finished a stint with the One America News Network.

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What's more, Lewandowski's name continues to surface in reports about a possible return to Trump's official team. Trump has always liked Lewandowski's style; it was some of the president's advisers who objected. If Trump decides to go with his own instincts, perhaps he would turn to Lewandowski.

Laura Ingraham

The conservative talk radio host and Fox News fixture wanted to be White House press secretary. Then she didn't. She sounded open to the idea of becoming communications director when asked Tuesday on “Fox & Friends.”

“I'm not going to, this morning, negotiate a possible job in the administration,” she said. “I have no idea what they're going to do. I have said consistently, given everything the country has afforded me, all the opportunities I've gotten — I know it sounds schmaltzy, but it's what I really believe — if I believe I can really make a difference in the agenda that I believe in, which is the president's agenda, then I would of course consider it.”

Nobody

The job of a White House communications director is, in theory, to implement a staff-wide messaging strategy. But Trump prefers to be his own messenger. He also showed during the campaign that he is willing to grant a lot of autonomy to trusted surrogates, allowing them to form their own arguments in support of his goals.

No one has been able to handle the task of being Trump's communications director for very long. It is possible that the president will conclude that no one can and decide not to fill the post at all.