Article: The unreformed: for twelve years, nobody could threaten Joe Bruno's pugnacious hold on power. But now Eliot Spitzer finally has him on the ropes.

JOE BRUNO has his loafers off in his vast sanctum on the New York State capitol's third floor. He saunters around on the plush white carpet in dress socks. There's a set of dueling pistols and pictures of himself in political postures, at groundbreakings or saddled up on one of his eight horses at a parade, in his Stars and Stripes cowboy shirt. Many of these pictures were taken a while ago, but Bruno, who will be 79 next month, somehow looks like he hasn't aged. There are three golf clubs in his office and a green Astroturf mat against one wall. Bruno picks up a five-iron, checks his grip, pulls the club back slow, and rips a clean, full swing.

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