'Itching To Get Back In The Policy Fray' -- The FT Lunches With Eliot Spitzer: PHOTO
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Clients Eight, NINE, Ten [Open Caption]
[Former New York Governor and prostitute frequenter Eliot Spitzer in New York City last night; image via INF]

Leibovitz Shock: Miley Photog to Shoot One-Year-Old! [Scandal]
Terrible celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has been documenting the development of the innocent young New York Times Building, and tomorrow she is going to drape it in a sexy sheet and photograph it. So watch out! She's going to do this in a helicopter, flying well below standard FAA restrictions, and then she'll shoot some wolves. They had to write a letter to the neighbors apologizing in advance for having a famous controversial celebrity photographer hanging around in a helicopter all day while they

AP wonders: In hindsight, wasn't it hypocritical of Letterman to mock politicians for infidelity?: PHOTO
Why … yes . Yes, I suppose it was. Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards and Larry Craig came in for their share of abuse, as did the governor of South Carolina. “Gov. Mark Sanford didn’t really enjoy this year’s Fourth of July. He left his favorite firecracker in Argentina,” Letterman wisecracked… Not that Letterman falls into quite the same category of unfaithful officials who hypocritically spouted Family Values. After all, comedy

Spitzer Emerges From Cave, Sees Shadow of Former Self [Sad]
Time Out New York actually scored an interview with Eliot Spitzer, the disgraced former Governor of New York. Remember him? Slept with a hooker? Yeah. Then he disappeared forever and ever, except as a punchline. But he's apparently happy to answer the TONY questionnaire for their "New York 40" issue, because none of the questions are about hookers. (They tried to ask him some vague questions about, you know, not being the governor anymore, but he declined to answer them.) The portrait of post-gubernatorial

Eliot Spitzer Steps Out, Consults Brain [Snap Judgment]
[New York, September 25. Image via INF]

Well, When Your Use of Yahoo Mail is Widely Publicized...
After her decision to use personal e-mail accounts, instead of official Alaska state e-mail for state business (perhaps to circumvent subpoenas!), has been widely publicized, of course computer hackers would break into one of Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo mail accounts with screenshots posted on WikiLeaks (also on Gawker). And of course the McCain-Palin campaign issued a statement, calling the matter a "shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of law." The FBI and Secret Service are curr

Paterson may "Reassess" Governor's Run: PHOTO
(AP Photo/Tim Roske, File) New York Governor David Paterson, who stepped into his job following the resignation of Eliot Spitzer, will "reassess" his plan to run for governor next year if his poll numbers don't improve by January, sources tell the New York Daily News . "He's in it, he's planning to put the team together, but he's said if his numbers don't improve by the beginning of the year, he would have to reassess his campaign," one Democratic source told the newspaper. Paterson is also...

A New Way For Times Reporters To Track Their Own Status [The Workplace]
The New York Times launched its "social networking" feature TimesPeople months ago for no particular reason, and with no particular effect. Back then even top editor Bill Keller wasn't using it. But now he is! You know what this means, don't you? It's one more way for suckup Times reporters to track who the boss is favoring. Almost as good as looking at the front page! So what is Keller recommending? Let's see: Guess what kids: four of Bill Keller's five recommended stories have appeared right here on Ga

Who Still Laughs At Eliot Spitzer [Celebrity Science]
For the most part, it would seem, Eliot Spitzer lives a remarkably palatable life, given that he was humiliated and forced to resign as New York governor just six months ago in a prostitution scandal. Spitzer's marriage is intact; he has plenty of well-paying work to do at his father's real estate firm; and he is able to run through Central Park and walk around the city because " he hasn’t gotten a lot of negative stuff out in public," an old friend told the Times. Spitzer has even received well-wishes fr

Poll: Paterson’s numbers keep slipping
ALBANY - A new poll shows New York Gov. David A. Paterson's popularity continuing to hit new depths as he enters hissecond year in office.The Siena College poll finds the Democrat viewed favorably by 29 percent of New York voters and unfavorably by 58 percent. That's worse than last month's ratings, his lowest since taking over after Eliot Spitzer resigned.For Obama, mayor and governor: a win-win-win situationSpitzer: 'I failed in a very important way'Follow AIG money, not bonuses - Spitzer

Eliot Spitzer - Predatory Lenders' Partner in Crime
Several years ago, state attorneys general and others involved in consumer protection began to notice a marked increase in a range of predatory lending practices by mortgage lenders. Some were misrepresenting the terms of loans, making loans without regard to consumers' ability to repay, making l...

There's Love for the Sun; Spitzer Calls Paper 'Spectacular'
The New York Sun published a story today that quoted ex-politicians and a few semi-retired journalists saying that it would be a terrible thing if the newspaper closed later this month. In his first public interview since resigning, Eliot Spitzer says, "The Sun has been a spectacular addition to the city's political discourse and is one of the finest papers in terms of editing, writing, and analysis that one can find anywhere." (The Sun was one of the few outlets sympathetic towards Mr. Spitze

It's About Time!!!
New York governor David Paterson said today that he plans to re-introduce legislation making same-sex marriage legal in the state. Two years ago, then-governor Eliot Spitzer introduced similar legislation, but it stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate. The Democrats now control the NY Senate. Make it happen!!!!!!!! 2009 is shaping up to be an amazing year for equality!!!! [Image [...]

Elsewhere: Palin's Email, Silver's Warning, Blaming Spitzer
Sheldon Silver said of the Wall Street crisis, "It will affect our ability as a state to fund essential infrastructure projects, schools, and our higher education system.” He also expressed willingness to call the Assembly back to Albany. In "certain circles," according to Liz, Eliot Spitzer is being blamed for Wall Street's woes. Jim Wyne, who lost the Staten Island Republican Congressional primary with about 40 percent of the vote, is going to run as a write-in. Con Ed and anothe

Post Questions Spitzer's "Gremlins" Excuse
The Post (of course) has fun with former governor Eliot Spitzer's Today appearance : Regarding Spitzer's explanation about his hooker flings, "I have tried to address these gremlins, confront them," the Post says Spitzer made it sound "as if he were battling the furious furballs from the '80s horror flick." So the tabloid offers helpful visual aids explaining "This is a gremlin" and "This is a hooker," plus a graph comparing gremlins and hookers. The NY Times also mentions Spitzer's...

Spitzer: Out of Public Office, But Still Feisty
The NY Times checked in on former governor Eliot Spitzer six months after his resignation from office. Though remorseful about what he's put his family through, he's still got some spark. Apparently an August Times article, featuring his successor David Paterson's critical thoughts on Spitzer's reign, prompted him to call a Paterson aide and demand a public apology, allegedly "issu[ing] threats, veiled and unveiled." Spitzer is working for his father's real estate business; when recently asked him how he

As The Stock Market Tumbles, Call Girls Reap The Rewards
Six months after a sex scandal ousted Eliot Spitzer from office, the New York governor turned “lov gov” is working in real estate, still with his wife Silda, and wondering how it all went so wrong. Meanwhile, call girls are back in the spotlight—and working harder than ever as Wall Street takes another tumble.  According to Columbia researcher and call girl expert Sudhir Venkatesh, working girls may benefit from the nation’s latest financial troubles. Venkates

Was the AIG Bailout a Conspiracy?
Eliot Spitzer wants to know if the bailout of AIG was an inside deal among Goldman Sachs, the Treasury, and the Fed. Edward Jay Epstein, who has been unraveling conspiracy theories since the Warren Commission, examines the evidence. The colossal bailout of AIG is now so mired in the muck of conspiracy theories that even Eliot Spitzer, who had to resign as governor of New York after laundering secret payments to a call-girl service through an offshore account, is back on his moral high...

#1 Hooker Talks About Client 9's Hooker
Natalie McLennan, the high-class escort once profiled in New York magazine as the "$2,000 an-Hour Woman," has a new book coming out about her escapades (The Price: My Rise and Fall As Natalia, New York's #1 Escort), and the Post has excerpts mentioning a notable figure: Ashley Dupre, also known as Kristen, the hooker that former Governor Eliot Spitzer had a fling with. McLennan and Dupre both worked for Jason "King of All Pimps" Itzler; McLennan recalled their work together, "Ashley and I were amazing toge

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"Is This the Line For the James Taylor Tickets?" [Open Caption]
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Krugman: "I Was Kind Of Hoping Obama Might Be FDR, But Maybe Not" (VIDEO)
On "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said that while the American dream is not totally dead, it is "dying pretty fast," particularly when it comes to social mobility. Krugman made this statement during a lengthy discussion with former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and host Bill Maher about the troubled state of the American economy and where we are in terms of reforming the system. Both Krugman and Spitzer expressed optimism that America could...

'ER' veteran tries life as 'Good Wife': PHOTO
Time has been kind to "The Good Wife" (9 p.m. Central Tuesday, CBS). Robert and Michelle King, the creators of the new Julianna Margulies drama about the wife of a disgraced politician, first pitched their show in May 2008, not long after former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned his position in the wake of a Prostitution scandal. Any fears the Kings may have had about "The Good Wife" losing its relevance have long since been laid to rest, as a number of politicians,...