| Last summer Joe Bruno hired notorious GOP dirty trickster and all around superfreak Roger Stone to help save his doomed majority. Hilarity ensued. Bruno paid Stone a fat monthly retainer and got truly shoddy, amateurish work in the short term and embarrassment in the end as Stone flamed out within months.
Now, fresh from a spanking upstate, Uncle Joe is looking to throw more piles of GOP cash at another savior, professional liar, Frank Luntz.
State Senate GOP looking for new message after loss
Senate Republicans are looking for an image makeover after a devastating loss earlier this week of a seat the party has held for more than a century.
In the first sign of a shakeup, the party plans to hire national Republican consultant Frank Luntz to look at how Senate Republicans can redefine themselves as they seek to retain their slim majority in the chamber.
"I'm taking a look at everybody and everything," said Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, Rensselaer County on Albany radio station 1300-AM Thursday. "We are going to do a self-inspection."
The hiring of Luntz, also a Fox News pollster and focus-group guru who has worked with Senate Republicans in the past, may be the beginning of several changes within Republican ranks. Republicans said they are considering the hiring other high-profile national strategists.
Best of luck with that, Joe. Give our regards to Flim Flam Frank and be sure to give him lots and lots of your money. |
