Jim Messina is the latest Yank at Tory Central Office: cue palpitations
A senior Obama operative has been hired by the Conservative party. Clearly this peculiar hero worship of Americans is not confined to Blair's government
![US President Barack Obama speaks as Organizing for Action head Jim Messina (L) looks on during an Organizing for Action dinner on March 13, 2013 at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, DC. Messina was the manager of Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2013/08/05/14/163635171.jpg)
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