The Politico reports:

ACORN, the troubled community service organization, recently considered changing its name in a bid to rehabilitate its image, according to an internal memo obtained by POLITICO.

The document, which will be released Tuesday as part of a Republican congressional forum on ACORN, illustrates the internal deliberation the group has undergone after a year of embarrassing scandals.

The memo addresses, in bullet-point format, the pros and cons of a new brand, saying that it has ?spent 39 years building the reputation and track record of ACORN.? ACORN officials write that the bad image would ?blow over? in the next year or two …