Larry Craig Opens Consulting Firm

Former Senator Larry Craig (R: ID) opened consulting firm New West Strategies with his former chief of staff Mike Ware. The two will focus on government relations for the energy sector.

No one can forget Craig’s “wide stance” defense in his public bathroom toe-tapping hookup arrest scandal. Craig, quite wisely won’t be relating in public at all in his new career. There’s no mention of PR or crisis communications on the New West site.

Since PRNewser was in beta at the time of the arrest, it’s worth re-posting Z Communications’ ad they placed in PRWeek, attempting to capitalize on the situation:

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