Courtesy of The Hill, who put together this collection of reactions on the Scarborough comment:

Jonathan Grella, vice president of public affairs, Edelman Public Relations; former aide to ex-Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas):
Perhaps he’s thinking that the only way to come off as irreverent and still keep that job is to disparage Republicans.

Senate Democratic press secretary:
I always had a feeling Joe Scarborough was a sleazeball and a pervert. His comment about Thompson’s wife confirms that. Scarborough should stop spending his spare time daydreaming about other men’s wives working the pole at strip clubs and concentrate on becoming a better talking head.

Jason Roe, GOP strategist:
Scarborough is complicit in Imus’s new legal strategy … the claim that that hour on MSNBC is haunted and the silent hand of the ghost forces hosts to say really stupid things.

Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, former White House aide and former “Apprentice” contestant:
Surely Joe meant that she works the “political polls” and not the “stripper pole.” If he intended the latter, that would be just wrong!

C. Stewart Verdery, lobbyist, Monumental Policy Group:
Scarborough clearly forgot to read the post-Imus MSNBC stylebook, particularly the part that warns hosts not to try to work the word “pole” into a discussion about a politician’s wife unless it is spelled with two L’s and an S and only relates to kissing babies.

Jeff Gannon, political commentator, author, former White House correspondent:
There’s not much media outrage over the obvious slur against a potential Republican candidate’s wife. Just think of the reaction if a conservative commentator had said, “If Hillary worked the pole a little bit more, America might never have heard of Monica Lewinsky!” I’m thinking torches and pitchforks.

Anonymous presidential campaign aide:
Clearly Joe understands the mind of the American voter. If sex sells, maybe it can win elections, too. He was simply looking out for the democratic process.