It looks like the once promising career of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer
is about to come to an end. Those of us who have been in New York for a long time admired his tough stance against corporate criminals but detested his neo-con foreign policy views.
Eliot Spitzer as Attorney general of NY was a rising star and so in 2003 he was one of the
DLC henchmen sent out to destroy the candidacy of Howard Dean for the Democratic Nomination.
DEAN UNELECTABLE
From CNN in 2003:
Well, we have more news about Howard Dean in our Friday edition of "Campaign News Daily." New York's Democratic attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, told an upstate newspaper he doesn't think Dean can beat President Bush or win the Democratic nomination. Spitzer told the upstate "Plattsburgh Press-Republican" that Dean's opposition to the war in Iraq makes him -- quote -- "unelectable." A Dean spokesman says that Dean -- quote -- "gets a lot of points by standing on principle." Eliot Spitzer, by the way, is considering a run for New York governor in 2006.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/...
If that doesn't rile up any Deaniacs out there, how about this gem from August 07:
SAYS HE"S MORE HAWKISH THAN BUSH
If you're looking for a hawk among the Democrats, you might want to head west to Chautauqua, N.Y., where tomorrow a speech will be given by a young governor who is said to have described himself in private as more hawkish than President Bush and who, though he is down at the moment, there can be no doubt has his eye set on becoming the first Jewish president of the United States.
http://www.nysun.com/...
Of course, if he resigns his replacement will be Clinton supporter Lt. Gov. David Patterson.
Perhaps Hillary Clinton has a future--in Albany!