The Bush folks coordinate response

Politico has a piece on the Bush folks responding to Ridge's allegations. There are two statements against Ridge by Andy Card and Fran Townsend (Two sources vs. one? The classic statement and confirm?,) but what really caught my eye was this.

Ridge did not respond to numerous requests for comment from POLITICO and a number of former top political and national security officials within the Bush administration declined to respond to Ridge, referring POLITICO to Card and Townsend.

So, they're still coordinating message that closely? Who's the post-White House Chief of Staff?