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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/17/2008

Remember Eliot Spitzer?

— washingtonmonthly.com — REMEMBER ELIOT SPITZER?.... We're all well aware of the former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's (D) sex... scandal. We're also aware of the criminal investigation, his resignation, and the unmet promise as a potential political heavyweight. But over the ... (more) Remember Eliot Spitzer?

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Eliot Spitzer

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nymag.com - 11/25/2008

Is Tom Suozzi's Campaign For Governor Against Eliot Spitzer Courageous or Self-Destructive? -- ...

— nymag.com — t the lectern of East New York's St. Paul's Community Baptist Church, an overly caffeinated man in... a dark suit and white shirt and with a shock of jet-black hair is unhappy with the hello he just received from the thousand-plus congregation. He speaks ... (more) Is Tom Suozzi's Campaign For Governor Against Eliot ...

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/22/2008

After bedding 'No. 9' (Eliot Spitzer), Ashley Dupre tells (not nearly) all to 20/20

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Ashley Alexandra Dupre grabbed her 15 minutes-plus of fame when the media identified her last spring as... New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's high-priced call girl. (For past Ticket items, including Dupre's Facebook page with musical samples, click on ... (more) After bedding 'No. 9' (Eliot Spitzer), Ashley Dupre ...

Eliot Spitzer

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Remainders: Vetting?
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Cleland for a top Cabinet position, says the Washington Times. Obama will name Peter Orszag Congressional Budget Office Director says the National Journal Bill Ayers talks to NPR for 43 minutes, says he was never a terrorist, unrepentant or otherwise. Jed prefers Hillary as Secretary of Defense. NYmag thinks the "year of the woman" actually set women back. Steve Benen jumps aboard the Eliot Spitzer bandwagon. And Obama's grandmother was honored at tribute in Honolulu. (with ...

Hooker to Spitzer’s wife: I feel your pain
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... . I think she’s actually drawing a class distinction, albeit one that feels sufficiently absurd that she’s reluctant to articulate it: Street-walkers are “prostitutes” but those on call, who command four-figure rates, fancy themselves as something more precious. Blue collar and white collar, if you will. Exit question: Are you ready for Senator Spitzer?

The junior senator from New York
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand's name also comes up, though her seat might be tough for Democrats to hold if she vacates it. After buying the Suozzi stuff for a few days, the New York buzz machine seems to be tiring, and moving on: Today's fun new names are Rep. Steve Israel and former State Comptroller H. Carl McCall, the latter perhaps as a Kaufman-style placeholder. My Eliot Spitzer float is, as Crowley notes, going exactly nowhere. New York politics tend to be ...

The Spitzer rehabilitation
Ben Smith's Blog — He's writing a policy column for Slate. I recently floated the notion of Paterson appointing Spitzer to the Senate Senate, which mostly got me mocked in New York. But I'm honestly not sure his rehabilitation can be purely intellectual like this. His fall wasn't. It's hard to see how he completes the (natural, banal) cycle back into the public eye without giving soft-focus interviews about ihs personal transgressions until we're thoroughly bored by them.