Eliot Spitzer Resignation

Jason Linkins

Media Works Hard To Make Clinton-Spitzer Connection

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics


It would seem to be patently unfair to mix the candidacy of Hillary Clinton up with the Eliot Spitzer prostitution fiasco, but that's not going to sto...

Is It Time To Legalize Prostitution Yet?

Samara O'Shea | Posted 03.11.2008 | Living


Samara O'Shea

'm not asking why prostitution is wrong, I'm asking why it's illegal.You cannot call the police and report your spouse for being unfaithful, unless, of course, your spouse is being unfaithful with a prostitute.

Jason Linkins

Dr. Laura Blames Spitzer's Wife

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics


Meredith Vieira did a wonderful job throughout, pretending to be shocked when she specifically prompted Dr. Laura to let loose.

How The Spitzer Sex Scandal Could Help Hillary

Jon Wiener | Posted 03.11.2008 | Home


Jon Wiener

The question is not whether we will see new revelations in the Spitzer sex scandal, but whether disgust over Spitzer's destruction of his career will lead some voters to look to a woman for freedom from sex scandals.

Sex Education For Politicians

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics


Rev. Debra Haffner

It remains to be seen what will happen to Mr. Spitzer, although one has to wonder whether violating a law from 1910 is really grounds for resignation or prosecution.

Hang In There Spitzer

Joel Barkin | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics


Joel Barkin

If Spitzer stays, it will be nasty and the Republicans will use it as a distraction, but I believe most New Yorkers will quickly move on and demand that that state get back to doing the people's work.

Spitzer Was Not "Involved" with a Prostitution Ring

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 03.11.2008 | Media


Jacob Dickerman

I'm sorry, I thought he was "involved." That's what the news networks said. CNN distinctly wrote down, "Spitzer involved in Prostitution Ring." It did not say "Spitzer caught with Prostitutes."

Spitzer Resignation Watch: Aides Say NY Gov Will Step Down

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics


** UPDATED: 2:00 PM ET ** Aides Divided On Spitzer Resignation: "Top aides to Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Tuesday morning that they expect the governor t...

Ex-NYSE Director Langone on Spitzer: "We All Have Our Own Private Hells. I Hope His Private Hell Is Hotter Than Anybody Else's."

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.11.2008 | Media


The revelations about Eliot Spitzer's illegal dalliances with a high-priced prostitute have got plenty of his former targets coming out of the woodwor...

Eliot Spitzer: The Short Goodbye

Nora Ephron | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics


Nora Ephron

Eliot Spitzer, who a year ago had a shot at national office, is today a laughingstock because of his reckless involvement in... what? Let's just say this right out: in nothing.

Wow. Adults Doing Adult Things. This is a Crime?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics


Blake Fleetwood

News Flash: A married man goes to a prostitute. What a hypocritical country we live in. The morals police are jumping for joy. The Puritans will come ...

Sex Hypocrisy Trumps The Other Kinds

Harry Shearer | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics


Harry Shearer

The Spitzer switcheroo -- two fisted crime-fighting prosecutor to alleged Mann Act violator -- is not the most dramatic nor ironic of 180s among New York prosecutors-turned-pols.

Why Women Keep Their Pants On

Robin Gerber | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics


Robin Gerber

Women are either less willing to cheat on their spouse, abuse young interns and cross the double-yellow line of sexual indiscretion, or we're much better at hiding it.

Amy Ephron On Women Wronged

Huffington Post | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics


Amy Ephron blogs here at HuffPost: I just want one of them, Hillary, Silda, to stand on the steps of the house, the White House, the Governor's Mansi...

What Goes on in Albany, Stays in Albany

Seth Greenland | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics


Seth Greenland

Billions of dollars are unaccounted for in Iraq. Might some government sleuth deployed on the Catch-Eliot- Spitzer-With-His-Pants-Down detail be put to more profitable use figuring out exactly what happened to that bundle?

Why The Spitzer Scandal Should Work For Obama

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics


Thomas de Zengotita

This delicious piece of trash reminds everybody of the yuck factor that haunts the Clinton Restoration movement. It's subliminal, but that could make it even better.

Money Transfers Busted Spitzer

Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics


ABC News is reporting that it wasn't sex, but suspicious money transfers that triggered the federal investigation into a New York prostitution ring li...

Money Transfers Busted Spitzer

Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics


ABC News is reporting that it wasn't sex, but suspicious money transfers that triggered the federal investigation into a New York prostitution ring li...

Client 9 - Spitzer's Latest Screw Up

Beverly Davis | Posted 03.10.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

This is American politics and just about any guy can survive anything if Pres. Clinton can survive an impeachment, especially if his wife is standing beside him during his 'mea culpa.'

Eliot Spitzer Disappoints Wife / Commits Federal Offense

Chris Kelly | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics


Chris Kelly

I'm not being judgmental about Spitzer's home life. And by "home life" I mean, "sex with prostitutes." I'm being judgmental about whether NY State deserves a governor with a rudimentary understanding of the law.

Eliot Spitzer Prostitution Scandal: What $5,500 Gets You At The Emperors Club

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics


In a story that recalls the heyday of New York's seedy Times Square sex trade, Governor Eliot Spitzer has been linked to a high-priced prostitution ri...

Resignation Would Cost Spitzer Superdelegate Status

2008 Democratic Convention Watch | Posted 03.10.2008 | Home


Should Spitzer resign he would lose his superdelegate status. Spitzer is in Clinton's corner on our endorsement list. He would be replaced by Lt. Gove...

Spitzer Traffic Crashes NYT Website

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.10.2008 | Media


Today at about 2 p.m. the New York Times broke the Spitzer story on its web site — and promptly started wobbling under the weight of the huge re...

Don't Buy It: Inevitable Comparisons Between Spitzer and Obama

Jamie Frevele | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics


Jamie Frevele

The image of an idealistic Democratic leader running on change and cleaning up after the incumbent is something the floundering GOP will eat up like their favorite dessert then regurgitate right into attack ads. Don't buy it.

Spitzer? But I Don't Even Know 'Er!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.10.2008 | Media


Spitzer is a superdelegate, and a supporter of Hillary Clinton. What will happen to his vote? How will Clinton react? Will she support him as she supported her own husband? Also, so much for the first Jewish president.