Gibbs to be White House Press Secretary

President-Elect Barack Obama has filled a top staff job: Robert Gibbs, his traveling senior adviser for most of the campaign, will hold the high-profile role of White House press secretary, Mike Allen reports on Politico44.

Gibbs, an Alabama native and former communications director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, was Obama's communications director during his 2004 Senate race and in the Senate.

He became close counselor to Obama on the road, and though he began the campaign as communications director, wound up spending more time speaking to the candidate than to the press. He also did a couple of memorable, acerbic turns on television in the late days of the race, sparring with McCain aides and with Fox News's Sean Hannity.