Spitzer Spurned

Elliot Spitzer political crap just ain't selling. From today's Reliable Source in the Washington Post:

"No love for Eliot Spitzer -- or his yearbook! Last week an enterprising high school classmate put the 1977 Horace Mann School yearbook, complete with Spitzer's senior picture and quotes, on eBay for $100. Yesterday's auction ended without a single bid; and no interest for another copy offered for $75." (WaPo)

The Govs Must be Horny

Hookers, three-way sex and extramarital affairs. Sounds like Cinemax. Actually just America's political beat. Three news stories of late from New York and New Jersey.

The Daily Show presents "The Govs Must be Horny."

Spitzer Jokes

"Do you think it's too soon to be hitting on Mrs. Elliot Spitzer?"

"The governor may step down to spend less time with his family."

David Letterman had plenty of material for his monologue and Top Ten list. (The PoliJAM Times Blog/CBS)

UPDATE: The Huffington Post has a roundup of all the late night jabs at Gov Spitzer

Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring

A federal wiretap is reported to have linked Governor Elliot Spitzer (D-NY) to a prostitution ring.

The New York Times reports Mr. Spitzer was recorded in a telephone call confirming plans for a woman to travel from New York to Washington, DC where he'd reserved a hotel room.

“I have acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family and violates my or any sense of right or wrong. I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public to whom I promised better.” -- Gov Elliot Spitzer (D-NY) with his wife Silda beside him at his Manhattan office, March 10, 2008

The Governor held a brief news conference where he apologized for his behavior, described it as a private matter and refused to take any questions.

There is no word on whether he plans to resign at this point. (NYT)

McCain Denies Lobbyist Romance

It just ain't a Presidential election year until the published reports of a sex scandal -- from Monkey Business to Gennifer Flowers, it's a generation long political tradition.

Welcome to Election 2008.

Sen John McCain (R-AZ) is denying reports in the New York Times and Washington Post suggesting he had a romantic relationship with a woman lobbyist in 2000.

''I'm very disappointed in the article. It's not true,'' the likely Republican presidential nominee said as his wife, Cindy, stood beside him during a news conference called to address the matter.

Sen McCain, the likely GOP Presidential nominee, described the woman, Vicki Iseman (pictured), simply as "a friend."

But really, after an entire administration getting us into a war over WMDs that never existed and and "imminent threat" that never materialized -- sex scandals seem so quaint.