Goodbye Elliot Spitzer.

Moron.

Undoubtedly. He was a rising star. He really shot himself in the foot on this one.

At least he could own up to his mistakes, something which seems to be lacking in many elected officials.

You have to be squeaky clean if you plan on taking on Wall Street.

*Slaps his forehead*

How could he be so STUPID?

Granted, I'm not really surprised- it feels as if politicians need to have sex scandals as a prerequisite to running for office -but Spitzer decided to go tom-catting while the NY GOP was still steaming over "Trooper-Gate"?

"The office of State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno has made no official statement at this time, but the Senator will issue a press release 'As soon as he stops doing the Snoopy-Dance.'"

*Sigh*

Grover Cleveland did father a kid while NY Governor, but he was one of many men who visited the mother -being the only bachelor of that group, he took the blame to avoid further exposure and humiliation.

But those were different circumstances and a different era- Spitzer may not survive this.

not really on the subject, but why do the wives always stand next to these guys when they make such a statement?

and of course this is the BIG news of the day on all media fronts i've seen

*look over here*

It's to suggest that their wives still love them/ they're still devoted to "Family Values", whatever that means.

Remember when Jim McGreevey Came out? There's only Fifty Governors- when one makes an ass of himself on TV, everyone gets to see it. I don't know why- I guess now everyone can see what became of a possible 2012/2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate.

If he resigns, NY would have its first African American governor in David Patterson.

Also, Spitzer was a superdelegate for Clinton. Would Patterson be seated as a superdelegate in his place if he resigned before the convention? I speak of resignation because he could be charged under the Mann Act. The wiretaps are embarrassing if nothing else. There are details that were missed in other scandals. Money figures, procedures, and even a critique of the session.

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Wait, what? He gives notes to the two-grand/hour escort? That's pretty rich. Seems like she has the routine pretty well figured out if you ask me.

Back to the important traction on the issue: It will be interesting if the media shark frenzy latches onto or flatly ignores Spitzer's superdelegate status, and for whom he is pledged.

I can't believe he hasn't checked into rehab for his "alcohol problem" yet. This thing broke today, what's he waiting for?

He's a politician- alcohol is a social and creative lubricant for their kind. Anyone could see through that.

Can he lose his superdelegate status?

I would assume so. I'm guessing the supedelegate vote is for the person holding the office, not the man himself. The blind Lt. Governor will take over and, I believe, will get his superdelegate vote.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh fuck.

It's a shame that he can't see the difference between white and black.

because he's blind? classy.

So, Clinton may potentially lose another SD through this?

I've never heard of this guy before today (I don't make it a practice to know the gov't officials of other states too often), so I don't know if that is a good trade-off or not.

Was this lawful wiretapping?

who cares? this is america. if you don't like it, you can just get out!

shun the non-believer! shuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnn!

I'm disappointed by this, to say the least.

But c'mon, this seems like classic NYS politics.

Bwa ha ha ha

Typical.