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From the moment Eliot Spitzer joined the Manhattan district attorney’s office, he was a rising star. His acscension wasn’t likely or probable, but seemingly inevitable. In 1992, Spitzer launched an investigation responsible for bringing down the notorious Gambino crime family. Eliot would become the attorney general for the state of New York a short six years later. Becoming the top lawyer in the State of New York, Spitzer set his sights on white collar criminals and went after crooks on wall street with a vengeance. His crusades against securities fraud, internet fraud, and environmental protection helped him cement a reputation as a real ‘Man for the People’, he was quickly earning a reputation on par with another famous crime fighter named Eliot, Eliot Ness. Spitzer candidacy for the governorship was inevitable, it was just a question of when. In 2006, the question was answered and Eliot Spitzer became the governor of New York. The only question left was will he run for the Senate before he runs for President or will he just go all out for the Presidency.

Another inevitable fact of life is “what goes up must come down”, and such is true for everything and everyone. Last week, the untouchable force of politics that is Eliot Spitzer came down and came down hard. Federal investigators were first tipped off after Spitzer’s bank reported suspicious money transfers, which initially led investigators to believe that Spitzer may have been hiding bribe proceeds. One wiretap later and they learned that the governor was spending upwards of $1,000 an hour for high priced call girls. Some reports say we spent upwards of $15,000 in a period of six months. Times have changed a bit since Governor Edwards of Louisiana said, “I could not lose unless I was caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy.” Apparently, its OK if the girl is alive, but just don’t pay her $5,000 for 5 hours.