I was on call last night. I had an opportunity to watch the news. There has been a media frenzy over Elliot Spitzer. New information was being served up almost continuously. Spitzer was thought to be Client #9 in federal papers. Next, we found out that he reportedly paid these high classed hookers $1500 per hour. Only a couple of hours later we found out about a weekend that he went to DC and spent some time with "Kristen". This morning or late last night we heard that he may have spent over $80,000 over several years. Reports of carefully planned transactions designed to throw off authorities.

It is my belief that politicians need to live up their rhetoric. Elliott Spitzer was compared to Elliott Ness - one of the untouchables. He was a crusader against unethical corporate behavior. He was a bull in a China shop. He made a ton of enemies.

Today Elliott Spitzer resigned.

As the Democrats return to power around the country after 25 - 30 years of Republican domination, Democratic leaders need to be better than Republican counterparts. Better in an ethical way. I think that Elliott Spitzer was the "perfect" democratic politician. He had a strong record for being tough on crime. He took no prisoner yet believed in a progressive agenda. He was being talked about as a future Democratic Presidential candidate in the next 4 - 8 years. All of that is now gone. Completely gone. I'm extremely saddened by Mr. Spitzer's behavior. I guess the old adage is true if it looks too good to be true it probably is.