I do a lot of referendums. They can't talk back. They don't have wives. They don't have friends who tell you how to run the campaign. They are supported by special interests, so there's a lot of money in them.

Stone has admittedly been providing support and advice to both campaigns on the grounds that the two campaigns have different goals: Davis is seeking to gain permanent ballot access for her party while Paladino is in the race to win (and is Stone's preferred candidate). Stone was for many years a lobbyist for Donald Trump on behalf of his casino business and was also involved in opposing expanded casino gambling in New York State a position that brought him into conflict with Governor George Pataki. His mother was a small-town reporter his father a well driller who owned his own business.

is an American political consultantlobbyist and strategist noted for his use of opposition research usually for candidates of the Republican Party. Roger J. " His own view of himself is as "a GOP hitman.