As reported in the Times, NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer's career just ended when he was caught arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute in Washington. Unless he can convince the voters that he was -- sorry about this -- engaged in an undercover investigation of the damage that top-of-the-line calls girls wreak on society, he will have to leave office in disgrace.
Spitzer was a rare politician who did enormous amounts of good as NY state attorney general. He had a rough beginning as governor -- he was, after all, elected to be the unstoppable force that could reform the immovable object that is Albany -- but I think he would have grown into the job in time, and is one of the few people you could imagine being president someday. This is a loss for New York state and a loss for the Democratic Party.
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