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Spitzer masters the art of the recovery
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Apr 17, 2009 10:15am |
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| News Date | Friday, April 17, 2009 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | It seems strange to say that Eliot Spitzer is back, since he was hardly gone.
The hard-charging former New York governor resigned in disgrace just over a year ago, and back then it seemed likely that he would be remembered more for his hookups with hookers than for the ferocious and high-profile pursuit of white-collar criminals as New York's attorney general that won him national headlines as "the Sheriff of Wall Street."
But these days Spitzer is back in the public eye – and not for his escapades as Client 9. He’s become a columnist for Slate and a commentator in the media, weighing in on the economic crisis and AIG. He made his return to network TV on the Today show, where he spent less than three-and-a-half minutes discussing the scandal and its aftermath before Matt Lauer moved on to questions about the financial markets. And on MSNBC’s Morning Joe earlier this week he talked about credit-default swaps and the challenges of being a governor in tough financial times. With the advice and support of friends, and without the aid of a hired image-repair guru, Spitzer has put himself back in the public eye – though not yet in the political mix.
If there’s a textbook for scandal-scarred politicians on the art of the recovery, surely Spitzer has surely read it; if there isn’t, he might consider penning one. |
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