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...just two years into office, Governor Eliot Spitzer was caught spending $4,300 for a few hours with a prostitute. It appears that Spitzer, more so than Albany, needs to change his brand of ethics. Given that his was a political career shaped by a fight against corporate corruption, Spitzer??s hypocrisy is as stunning as it is disheartening. Spitzer??s resignation yesterday after a burst of public outcry was the best and only thing he could do for the state of New York. While Spitzer has tried to cordon off this affair as pertaining only...
...early 1980s, while studying at Harvard Law School (HLS), Eliot L. Spitzer worked as a research assistant for one of his professors. Today, that professor has come to Spitzer??s defense as the governor of New York finds himself embroiled in a public controversy after evidence surfaced linking him to a prostitution ring. Alan M. Dershowitz has talked to various media outlets, including ABC’s Boston affiliate and the New York Times, about his take on the situation, in the midst of widespread criticism and numerous calls for Spitzer??s immediate resignation...
...This brings us to the breaking news: yesterday’s implication of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer??s involvement in an upscale Washington prostitution ring. Spitzer??s downfall is particularly “tragic” in the Greek sense of the word: His meteoric rise to power closely mirrored Sarkozy’s. Existentially pugnacious, detested and admired at once, Spitzer paid his dues as New York’s Attorney General, where he dazzled with his unflinching resolve to take on Wall Street corruption and white-collar crime. He won himself a fair...
...York demonstrated the pragmatism and candor sorely needed in the immigration debate, and were sadly tongue-lashed for their wise judgment Two weeks ago, Sen. Clinton (D-N.Y.) made her first unfashionable maneuver of the primaries. Questioned by Tim Russert as to whether or not she supported Gov. Spitzer??s unpopular plan to allow state driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants, Hillary was hesitant to give a clear response. The next afternoon she clarified the endorsement, pledging support for local administrators like Spitzer who must “deal with the crisis caused by this...
...Governor Spitzer??s plan involves the issuance of three different licenses. The first, for residents, would be sufficient ID for domestic flights, the second would allow New Yorkers to cross into Canada without a passport, and the third, for illegal immigrants—or, in Democratic parlance, “undocumented workers” —could only be used for identification, driving, and obtaining auto insurance...