Strategic communications

Unintentional hilarity from the Burris bunker:

Spokesman for embattled Sen. Burris resigns

(CNN) -- A spokesman for Illinois Sen. Roland Burris resigned Thursday in the wake of new disclosures about requests that Burris raise money for disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich while seeking a U.S. Senate appointment.

"I initially began helping the senator on a temporary basis because he is a long-term friend who I served several years when he was [Illinois] attorney general," Jason Erkes said in a written statement to CNN.

"It is now time for me to get back to focusing on ... my newly formed strategic communications business."

Whatever you think of the Burris fiasco, I believe we can all agree that the communications were handled somewhat less than strategically...