Word: spitzers
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...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 number of enemies but even more supporters; they catapulted him to the governorship and placed him among...
...Until yesterday’s revelation. To be sure, Spitzer is not to be pitied. He was the victim of his own bad karma and rank hypocrisy (he orchestrated the bust of a prostitution ring as New York attorney general in 2004). Still, isn’t there something shamefully dishonest about a culture that obsesses over the sex lives of its elected officials? They are, after all, mere men and women, as vulnerable as any to the snares of carnal desire. Their position of power simply invites attention...
...Eliot Spitzer's peers will miss his style now that he has been felled by scandal. Disdain for the governor's bellicosity was the one thing that united both parties in New York's fractious state government. His successor is Lt. Governor David Paterson - Spitzer's diametric opposite. With his mellow voice, humor and self-deprecation, Paterson has become a popular speaker in New York's political circles. "He has a winning personality," says State Senator Bill Perkins, a Democrat whose 30th District seat Paterson used to occupy. "He's very funny, very witty, and he makes an effort...
Many believe Paterson's collegial approach to governance could soothe a legislature rubbed raw by Spitzer's abrasiveness. His affability will be an asset in combative Albany. What's unclear is whether it will be enough to effectively lead a state whose government may be one the nation's most dysfunctional...
Paterson - who will serve out the three years remaining on Spitzer's term - is respected on both sides of the aisle. "We're fortunate that he's the one," says Perkins. He notes that Paterson maintains a strong relationship with Spitzer nemesis Joseph Bruno, the Republican State Senate majority leader, who now assumes the lieutenant governorship...