Spitzer Effect

I primarily depend on CNN for the campaign trail updates. They have this catch word " Candidates Unfiltered" to say that they intend to provide the most straight forward updates. Ever since Spitzer scandal surfaced, the campaign trail took a back seat . May be because Ohio , Texas and Mississippi are over by then and the Pennsylvania is about six weeks away from the election.

I usually watch Larry King Live and I was surprised by their panelists on the next day of Spitzer confession - An attorney general who cheated his wife and resigned from Ohio, NJ first lady who was cheated by then Governor, a hooker from New Jersey who knows Spitzer like clients close, a cop whose expertise is in busting the prostitution rings and last of all , a celebrity rehabilitation expert. This was an unusual panel then i thought its an 'unfiltered' 360 degree view, as Anderson Coopers went on with it. Well i am not going to make a comment on the media on the direction they are taking but i am curious Mr. Spitzer violated any rule that lawmakers like him helped to create in the first place. And how many thousands of rules one needs to follow to live as a free individual ?

I thought of a Spitzer effect in the political campaign . Now probably everyone is reminded of Clinton infidelity days and since Spitzer endorsed Hillary the whole thing is resonating with the voters who like to talk about such stuff. But the media is playing it low so far.

David Letterman came out with a top 10 Spitzer's excuses for his conduct. The first one was " I thought Bill Clinton legalized this this years ago"