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Eliot Spitzer, Client 9: Doomed by the 'Lucky Sperm Club'?
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyIn an interview early in Alex Gibney's recently released political documentary, "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer," a member of Spitzer's inner circle tells Gibney that the former New York governor and disgraced Democrat hails from "the Lucky Sperm Club." (Poor Spitzer can never completely redirect his image away from lurid sexual tawdriness. His cooperation with film producers about the scandal merely moves it to the background.) The film tracks the period between Spitzer's successful campaign for governor in 2006 through the Emperors' Club VIP prostitution ring bust in 2008 (but ...
'Parker Spitzer' TV Talk Show Marriage Is on the Rocks
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyNEW YORK -- The much-ballyhooed CNN prime-time talk show starring Eliot Spitzer, the formerly disgraced governor of New York, and the brainy political writer Kathleen Parker has hit bottom. Parker, cast in the stand-by-her-man role on the show, occasionally throwing in a word or two, is fed up playing second fiddle to the motor-mouth Spitzer, who sucks up all the air during the 8 p.m. Eastern "Parker Spitzer" hour, the New York Post reported Wednesday, quoting unidentified sources. Word has spread in the gossip media that Parker, 58, a Pulitzer Prize winner, walked off the set during a ...
Superdelegate No. 9
By Faye Anderson - Politics DailyEliot Spitzer, aka "Client 9," is still governor of New York. But with Republicans threatening impeachment if he doesn't get out of town within 48 hours, he may not be in office much longer.In his capacity as governor, Spitzer is one of 795 Democratic superdelegates. After some importuning, he endorsed Hillary Clinton.The unfolding "Eliot Mess" isn't the first time that Client 9 has given Clinton a headache. In a presidential debate, Clinton fumbled her response as to whether she supported Spitzer's risky scheme to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. She supported the plan until she ...
Is Spitzer 'Client #9?'
By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyNew York Gov. Eliot Spitzer today apologized for his reported involvement in a prostitution ring.The brewing scandal was first reported in the New York Times, which said Spitzer told senior administration officials in his office of his involvement. The newspaper now reports that the governor was caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet a pricey prostitute at a Washington hotel last month."I have acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family" and the public, Spitzer said during a brief press conference around 3:15 p.m. ET. "I promise better." He went on to say he is ...
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