From the story: Eliot Spitzer is going to resign his post as governor. Sources tell CBS 2 HD he's using the resignation as a bargaining chip with the feds. But after negotiating all day there was still no deal Tuesday night. Spitzer doesn't have the luxury of playing deal or no deal. Experts agree that his involvement in a prostitution ring makes him damaged goods. "I think his career is politically at an end," noted criminal defense attorney Ronald Fischetti told CBS 2 HD. (WCBS)
As John Podhoretz explains, Spitzer has been a crook for a long time. (Commentary Magazine)
From the Boston Globe: Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is faced with an awkward choice: Call for the resignation of a fellow Empire State Democrat and raise comparisons with her own husband's behavior as president, or keep quiet and risk the appearance of condoning Spitzer's alleged offense. (Boston Globe)
Gallup notes “As of December 2006, just 22% of Americans held state governors in high esteem for their moral character.” (Gallup)
In a bizarre op-ed, an evolutionary biologist tells us why he believes Spitzer was just doing what comes natural. (LA Times)
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