Why would someone blessed with the gift of gab, like Ellen Moran, leave the powerful White House Communications Director spot for the Department of Commerce?

Politico: Moran Leaves W.H. for Commerce

Especially if she has such a smooth way with words?

Asked why she’d leave the White House for a staff job in the cabinet, Moran said: “That’s all I got for you” and walked away.

Ouch? She pulled the old turn and walk away?

Is it time for a zing?

Despite her high-level position – a job held in previous White Houses by George Stephanopoulos and Dan Bartlett – Moran had a minimal public profile and was rarely quoted by reporters.

Yep .