New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's mandate to upend Albany by rooting out corruption and unethical behavior has been upended by his forays with high-priced hookers.
Or has it?
All signs point to a resignation today, as major news sources have reported.
There's speculation about how he might barter his high position for a Get-Out-Of-Jail (or even court) Free pass from federal prosecutors. As a governor, he's pretty well ruined anyway, most people agree. Republicans and the press won't let the public forget about the $80,000 (according to one report) Spitzer spent on Emperors Club VIP ladies, even possibly while prosecuting similar sex rings as attorney general. He won't get anything done.
The public shame of this, aside from the private shame that Spitzer gets to contend with all alone, is that he had a clear mandate from the public to shake down Albany until all the dirty money fell out of its pockets. He was not only the Sheriff of Wall Street as attorney general, but he was also a vigorous defender of environmental laws, particularly those federal laws the Bush Administration thought were written in invisible ink. Wall Street is more accountable, the air is cleaner and the water less toxic, because of Eliot Spitzer and the state coalitions of attorneys general he held together.
So here's my suggestion for a post-scandal career: Tell all. ...
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