ShoutyBear: Politics. Foreign Affairs. Zarf.

“Sources” are telling AP that Eliot Spitzer actually believes he might be able to ride out EscortGate:

“If the public is fine, he’ll stay,” said a Democrat who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.

Oh, word? New York is liberal, but not THAT liberal, Governor. And like I said yesterday, this is not about sex so much as the dressing down of a moralistic crusader who leveraged his hype to vault him into the governor’s mansion. The deed doesn’t make Spitzer worse than any other politician who’s used a “high-end” escort service to get his rocks off. But it does undo Spitz’s entire political persona, which got him into his current job.

Anyway, I wouldn’t put too much truck in that anonymous Democrat’s wishful thinking. Make fun of him all you want, and I know ya’ll have, but Larry Craig actually had a case for staying in office. Other lawmakers have stayed on after committing worse offenses, and last I checked, it’s perfectly legit to be a sitting senator and gay, if that’s what he is, wink. EscortGate is totally different. New Yorkers elected Mr. Clean, not Mr. Icky. They’re entitled to demand his exit, and Spitz should give it to them.