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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... leaks from the commission started to occur on a regular basis . In August 2007 , Rifkin wrote to Feerick complaining about these leaks and later received a perfunctory denial from Feer- ick . It was not gratifying for me to watch ...
... leak for leak . Leaks sourced to Soares ' office and / or the Commission on Public Integrity , replete with verbatim quotes , appeared on Septem- ber 24 , October 8 , October 22 and October 29 in the New York Post and New York Daily ...
... leaks , was David Soares ' apparent resolve to indict Darren Dopp for perjury . When the fact of this imminent indictment was leaked , neither Nocenti , Pope nor Maloney could meet with Soares and attempt to dis- suade him from taking ...
Contents
Came to Be the Old Guy I | 1 |
The Spitzer Transition | 13 |
Eliots Roundtable | 39 |
Copyright | |
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