Journal of the Plague Year: An Insider's Chronicle of Eliot Spitzer's Short and Tragic ReignIn November 2006, Eliot Spitzer was on top of the political world, having won the New York Governorship by the greatest margin ever—far outdistancing his predecessors Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt. Sixteen months later, in March 2008, Spitzer resigned from the governorship during a brief public appearance, and “Client No. 9” entered our vernacular. It was a story imbued with exquisite irony, and it made news around the world. Journal of the Plague Year is an intimate account of 61 hours, from the moment on March 9, 2008, when Lloyd Constantine, senior advisor to Spitzer, received a phone call from Spitzer revealing facts the entire world would learn the next morning, until Spitzer’s March 12 news conference. It is also an inside account of the 16 tumultuous months of Spitzer’s administration that preceded the resignation. Told with candor, brutal honesty, and knowledge unique to the author, this is a story about spectacular achievement, boundless political promise, and a shared vision for rebuilding a state and the nation, squandered in little more than a year. Constantine gives us personal insight and understanding into the dramatic implosion of Spitzer’s career. More than a recounting of one man’s political downfall, it is also the story of male rivalry and a deep and abiding friendship between two complex men. |
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... Silda the Seer ' ILDA MAY HAVE been another important source of opposi- Sto tion to my joining Eliot . During the transition , Silda grabbed me for a cup of coffee and pleaded that I not go to work for Eliot , becoming so emotional that ...
... Silda asked me , " Has Jan ever done this to you ? ” How odd and oddly phrased , unless you know Silda , too much the lady to directly ask the real question , “ Have you ever you done this to Jan ? " So I answered the intended question ...
... Silda's apartment on the morn- ing of March 10 , my three objectives had been to stop Eliot from resigning , comfort Silda and ascertain whether Eliot was at risk of killing himself . I failed to prevent the resignation . Perhaps my ...
Contents
Came to Be the Old Guy I | 1 |
The Spitzer Transition | 13 |
Eliots Roundtable | 39 |
Copyright | |
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