I've really come to like Spitzer -- any chance we can get him back in office?

[gateley]

Larry Craig seems to be doing okay, and Vitter is still going strong...

Maybe he serves us better by being outside of the loop so he can speak objectively.

[90-percent]

1. Spitzer vs Vitter/Craig

When Dems get caught in a sex scandal they resign post haste. Republicans just keep serving until somebody moves to impeach them.

Shows the different paradigm for the two parties, doesn't it?

-90% Jimmy

[gateley]

5. Yeah, it really does show the diff. Our "sinners" aren't usually spouting

pro-Christian and anti-gay crap before they get busted, either. Or live in a C-Street type club.

If it weren't for the potential indictment of Ensign, I would have fully expected him to run for President. The hubris is dumbfounding.

[tabbycat31]

7. add Eric Massa to that list

Mark Foley didn't resign after he was caught doing the same thing that men were arrested on national TV for. It's pure GOP hypocricy.

[stanwyck]

2. Totally agree with you. I've seen Spitzer on several

of the political shows. He's one smart guy. Every time I see him, I wish he was in Congress.

[lib2DaBone]

3. kick. Spitzer is a smart guy.. we need him in office..

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. We need smart guys on the outside too. (nt)

[RKP5637]

4. I like Spitzer too. Always makes sense to me. My question is always

how do the majority of citizens reclaim the government when politicians are basically bought by corporations and lobbyists. We have no voice IMO. Your vote doesn't matter much to change this since all politicians for the most part are bought IMO. And the next election cycle will be outrageous now the SC basically has said corporations are people relative to contributions. It will be a circus, and the inane media in this country will make out like bandits.

As you mentioned and I agree, "Maybe he serves us better by being outside of the loop so he can speak objectively."

[maxsolomon]

8. He's working on it

he's rehabilitating himself by demonstrating that he's a competent, rational voice in the public forum (particularly on Bill Maher's show). eventually he'll be forgiven - he should be appointed to a commission or something prior to taking a position in the Obama admin. or running for office again.

[customerserviceguy]

9. My problem with Spitzer

isn't his "sex crime", it's his hypocrisy. He made quite a reputation for himself by busting the people who engaged in the very business that brought him down.

I guess I just expect better of Democratic politicians than Repukes expect of theirs.

[gateley]

10. Yeah -- I'm ashamed to say I forgot about that. So maybe he would be better

outside of office so he doesn't have to talk the talk (while not walking the walk). Like you, that bothers me a LOT more than the sex thing. Damn.

[90-percent]

11. About Spitzer

His public rehabilitation efforts are a big contribution to public awareness of the multiple fraud's intrinsic in todays banking and Wall Street Institutions.

All our Institutions are run by sociopaths and are failing us miserably. Elliot is doing a lot of work to make that clear to the American People.

Our Institutions are as corrupt as Bernie Madoff's Brokerage House was!

-90% Jimmy

[rucky]

12. If Obama appointed him to a wall street corruption task force or something

Eliot Ness like, he'd be perfect. He's a man with absolutely nothing to lose by going after the banksters aggressively.

[Nye Bevan]

13. He can do a lot of good

but I can't see him running for any public office.

[TwentyFive]

14. Remember Henry Hyde? Far worse! Affair with a MARRIED woman, then S&L scandal

Republicans turned a blind eye to that pig, Henry Hyde. He destroyed a family (but preached family values) then lined pockets with dirty S&L money...at taxpayer expense. Not only did repug voters re-elect him, but repug politicians voted him into the leadership. Hyde died a few years ago...so if there is a hell...Henry Hyde has probably found his way into a leadership position there too.