The new White House press secretary is from Kansas City
- Earnest with the prez.
White House press secretary (and noted Guided by Voices superfan) Jay Carney resigned this afternoon, after three years in the position. Replacing him is Josh Earnest, who until today served as deputy press secretary.
Earnest hails from south Kansas City. His mother and father (a psychologist and a director of Pembroke Hill’s athletic department, respectively) live in Red Bridge. Earnest attended the Barstow School and, later, Rice University, before embarking on a political career that has included stints on the campaigns of Mayor Lee Brown in Houston and Mike Bloomberg in New York. He joined Obama’s team on his first presidential campaign, when he served as Iowa communications director.
In announcing his promotion, Obama called Earnest a person of “sound judgment and great temperament,” adding that he’s a “coach’s son from Kansas City who still roots for the Royals, I guess.”
