I lost all respect for her during the 2008 election cycle, and her constant bashing of the Tea Party, Sarah Palin, conservatives in general, since then.
The fact she took the second seat alongside a guy that has a penchant for hookers that resemble his daughter speaks to HER character, and her willingness to drop any principals at the drop of a hat.
JMHO.
I can't help but agree with you, although were I to be offered the chance of a lifetime, I might make the same decision. While he's certainly a slimebucket, Spitzer did apologize and, apparently has reformed his behavior. So did Chuck Colson; so did many others who committed equally heinous or worse sins or crimes.
Parker, because she is relatively nice, would be better alongside a girly-man like Matt Lauer. Don't get me wrong, I can't stand Lauer, he's such a p-ssy and a wimp -- but there is a market need for nicer, non-confrontational, non-crossfire type shows, and the two of them (Parker and Lauer) would work well. Kind of like Jane Pauley and Bryant Gumbel in the 1980s, before Gumbel became the obnoxious leftist that he is.