Yes, it's actually pretty funny because Melanie is Lee's sidekick IN SPITE of Jack Swanson serving as PD. Next time your out the California way and you see Melanie speaking at some GOP/conservative event you should talk to her afterwards. She's got a funny tale to tell of her life in broadcast circles, how she became a conservative, etc...
Her husband, by the way, is a Democrat I believe. And ABC is also interviewing replacement candidates for Jack's position as PD of KSFO. He would just be PD of KGO.
I've heard Melanie talk about her husband being a Democrat. She gets quite hysterical (in a funny way, that is) when she describes her liberal mother back home in Missouri and the political discussions/fights they've had.