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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... Troopergate fiasco , Peter and I became part of a five - person team of senior lawyers who represented and defended the Second Floor in the eight Troopergate investiga- tions commenced prior to Eliot's resignation . - Marty Mack was the ...
... Eliot's offer was made as Trooper- gate was about to unfold . If there had been any chance that Joe would take that leap , Troopergate eliminated it . The Recent Unpleasantness S OF JUNE 2009 , Troopergate had 98 Journal of the Plague Year.
... Troopergate had resulted in ten sepa- As rate investigations . Only the last of these attempted to deal with a problem far more serious than the facts underlying Troopergate , the failure of the first nine to conduct a simple and ...
Contents
Came to Be the Old Guy I | 1 |
The Spitzer Transition | 13 |
Eliots Roundtable | 39 |
Copyright | |
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