My completely unsolicited $0.02?
Spitzer resigns. Hillary! gets her butt handed to her by Obama in the rest of the primaries.
Thus, Hillary! is available to run in the inevitable re-election for NY Governor. Gives her a graceful way of bowing out of the '08 election, while maintaining (maybe expanding?) her power base. And, leaving her open for a later run in 2012.
Makes me think about who leaked what, and to who. And when.
It’s an interesting theory, but under NY Law, the Lt. Governor will serve out the remainder of Spitzer’s term, which expires at the end of 2010.
This investigation has been going on for a while. I believe it started BEFORE Clinton was considered D-Inevitable, when she didn't consider Obama a threat.
Perhaps the timing of going public is suspicious. But, Spitzer was one of her committed super-delegates, who reportedly won't be replaced.
“Makes me think about who leaked what, and to who. And when.”
BINGO!!!
This was my suspicion too. HRC knows she’s tanking in the primaries. This is a calculated move by the HRC inner circle and is based on meeting/not meeting certain delegate and poll critera along set stop points in the campaign.
The make-nice, let’s be partners with Obama, schtick was the smoke screen while all this was going down in the backgroud. And the Barack WTF noise in response was the gas on the fire. Makes it look real.
This all sets her up to “legitimately” answer the call of her stricken State and saves face for the 2012 run. She know she lost and probably wont spend much $$ for the duration of her campaign. She will sabotage Obama at every turn for the shot at 2012.
It has been decided. McCain will be our next President.
He will serve a single term and she’ll be back in for her final hunt in 2012.
That totally fits in with what I heard on FNC - that David Paterson is more interested in becoming a U.S. Senator than governor.
Here's my prognostication: Hillary will resign as Senator, Paterson will appoint himself to fill her spot, then she runs as governor, which she would win in a landslide.
Everyone's talking about how this hurts Hillary, but no way. Her consolation prize for losing the Democrat primary could be the governorship of NY state, keeping the state of NY out of Republican hands.
Whoa. How Machiavellian. Don't know if it's true, but it will be interesting to see how it plays out. Interesting theory.
All roads lead to Clinton Inc.
there’s just one problem. She’ll end up like corzine and just fail.
If Hillary wants to be gov. in 2010, she will have to beat Mike from NYC who will be available if he wishes.
Would be not easy to beat a billionaire.
Obama AND Hillary?? NIGHTMARES!!
Um...Spitzer was using multiple bank accounts with two different dunny corporations as far as I can tell...there may have been more. The BANKS turned his suspicious transactions in to the IRS, which began investigating last October. What the IRS thought they had was campaign finance irregularities, bribery, or money laundering, that sort of thing. The IRS notified the FBI, which got the necessary warrants to tap the phones.
NEITHER department dreamed what they'd be busting would turn out to be a really high end, international prostitution ring with sophisticated money laundering techniques and probable mob connections.
Really, it was a good piece of police work, which will now get lost in the fog of tinfoil hat conspiracy theories. Kudos to all of those involved. I applaud you all. SOMEBODY should.