Shortly after midnight (EST) the zenith of Eliot Spitzer’s tenure as governor of New York State was attained. Spitzer was sworn into office. It is all down hill from here. Joe Mahoney of the New York Daily News has story [1]:
ALBANY – Emboldened by his crushing victory at the polls, Gov. Spitzer will promise “historic” reform and a “new brand of politics” when he delivers his inaugural address as governor today.
The former state attorney general was sworn in at a private midnight ceremony at the Executive Mansion last night, 13 hours before his public appearance on the Capitol steps for the state’s first-ever outdoor inauguration.
“Day one has begun,” Spitzer, 47, said to a hearty cheer after he was sworn in by Manhattan Federal Judge Robert Sweet, whom Spitzer clerked for in 1984.
“I will do my best as the public has asked me to do.”
If ego were but talent and soaring rhetoric but potential, Spitzer would not only be a great governor, but also would be well on his way to the White House. Alas poor Eliot, New York State is not a very governable and the office is governor and not empiror. In order to govern Spitzer will actually have to persaude both the democrat controlled Assembly and the republican controlled Senate to cooperate with him It is not going to happen.