Klein Leaving Globe

Published Apr 23 2007, 05:35 PM by David S. Bernstein

Rick Klein, the Boston Globe's excellent national political reporter, is leaving to become ABCNews.com's chief political correspondent -- and more importantly, to write the insanely obligatory "The Note" blog. So says Hotline OnCall today.

Great gig for Klein; it should quickly catapult him into the elite tier of reporter/pundits with Mark Halperin, who was responsible for The Note until he recently stepped down as ABC News's political director.

Bad news for the Globe, which loses another talented byline.