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Hooker bookers for the call-girl ring that brought down Eliot Spitzer are ready to open their little black books to make a deal with the feds.The flesh peddlers are poised to give up the identities of their well-heeled johns as part of plea negotiations.... The potential public humiliation is just the beginning - the likely powerful, wealthy johns could be in hot water if they embezzled or laundered money to pay for their trysts......The feds may seek help from Emperors Club VIP employees to determine who's on the operation's list of clients and how they paid for their "dates." Investigators...

Greetings from ground zero -- the Philadelphia suburbs where the epic battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton may be decided in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary on April 22. Current scuttlebutt -- a frail reed in this mercurial race -- is that the multiracial metropolises of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia will go for Obama, while the vast rural and small-town heartland will endorse Clinton, whose family roots are in coal-country Scranton. The cloud of feminist cant about Hillary's struggling candidacy has been noxious. "Media misogyny has reached an all-time high," screeched the National Organization for Women in a press release titled "Ignorance...

Disgraced Gov. Spitzer ... a millionaire, was hopping into bed with harlots for as long as 10 years and traveled as far as Florida for call-girl trysts... The prostitute-patronizing former prosecutor spent today huddled with top aides and lawyers in his Fifth Avenue apartment - trying to arrange a plea deal under which he’d resign his office but avoid prison time - as he desperately clung to power despite growing cries for his departure, even among fellow Democrats.

Tanya Hollander, the woman charged with arranging prostitutes for the Emperor's Club VIP, appears to have been leading a secret double life as both a hippie-ish holistic healer and a power broker's madam. Tanya, as the media has been spelling her name, is alleged to have booked girls for New York Governor-for-the-moment Eliot Spitzer. Meanwhile, Tania, an alias listed in charges unsealed by the U.S. Attorney's office on March 6, appears to have maintained an extensive "health counseling" website (now taken down but cached here) and a MySpace page (last login February 8), where she describes herself as "a grounded,...

<p>March 12, 2008 -- Posted at 8:38 a.m. Gov. Eliot Spitzer has decided to resign and will begin notifying top state officials of his decision just after 9 a.m., The Post has learned.</p>

The thing is, Eliot Spitzer is a crook. I’m not referring to the current prostitution scandal. I’m not referring to the scandal last year involving his senior aides and the leaking of confidential police information to the Albany Times Union. I’m not referring to the threatening phone call he made to the august John Whitehead, retired head of Goldman Sachs, who had the temerity to question a case Spitzer was building against an old friend of Whitehead’s. I’m referring to his conduct dating back to 1994, when he designed a complex scheme involving loans and real estate and collateralized apartments to evade...

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer had at least seven or eight liaisons over the last several years with prostitutes supplied by an international call girl ring based in New Jersey, according to sources familiar with the investigation into Spitzer's relationship with the ring. The liaisons between Spitzer and a number of different prostitutes occurred around the country, including in Washington, D.C., and Florida, the sources said. For each encounter, Spitzer paid several thousand dollars, the sources said.

NEW YORK — New York Republicans will seek to impeach Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer if he does not resign within 48 hours, New York Assembly Republican leader James Tedisco told FOX News exclusively. "We believe it is an illegal activity he has been involved with," Tedisco said speaking on FOX's "Hannity & Colmes." "We're going to give him 24 to 48 hours to do the right thing, and the right thing is to resign because he has been compromised. If that's not the case ... we're going to ask the speaker to start impeachment proceedings," Tedisco said Monday night. -snip-

One might call it Shakespearian if there were a shred of nobleness in the story of Eliot Spitzer's fall. There is none. Governor Spitzer, who made his career by specializing in not just the prosecution, but the ruin, of other men, is himself almost certainly ruined. Mr. Spitzer's brief statement yesterday about a "private matter" surely involves what are widely reported to be his activities with an expensive prostitution ring discovered by the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York. Those who believe Eliot Spitzer is getting his just desserts may be entitled to that view, but...

Spitzer used George Fox as his alias in his prostitute hookup; Fox is a high-powered hedge-fund manager, and political donor - one of Spitzer's best buddies. Spitzer used George Fox checking into a hotel to rendezvous with the call girl......Fox donated $140,000 to Spitzer's campaigns back to 1998, disclosure records show. He travels in well-heeled circles, with movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, Cablevision's Jim Dolan and actress Bernadette Peters at fund-raisers for Spitzer......Fox's founded Titan Advisors 16 years ago, according to its Web site. Fox began as a Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange and Commodity Exchange floor trader. He created his...

ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer viciously berated a state lawmaker, saying, "I am a f - - - ing steamroller" who will crush the assemblyman and anyone else who stands in his way, The Post has learned. Sources told The Post yesterday that an enraged Spitzer bitterly denounced Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco last week after the Schenectady-based Republican called to complain that he had been cut out of negotiations on a just-announced proposed new state ethics law. "Listen, I'm a f - - - ing steamroller, and I'll roll over you and anybody else," Democrat Spitzer angrily yelled at Tedisco...

A disgraced Gov. Spitzer has been publicly and privately described as a ruthless, sanctimonious, amoral man whose righteous public persona was regularly contradicted by the realities of how he conducted his political life. Spitzer described himself as a "f- - -ing steamroller" after less than a month in office to Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco who then to an associate, "This guy scares me." "There's something wrong with Spitzer, something wrong in his head," Even friends described Spitzer as a man with a frightening - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-like - transformation after a perceived personal slight or policy disagreement....

Wrap up of what people have to say about the Eliot Spitzer debacle. As you'd imagine, a lot of people have an awful lot to say. Ahhh, schadenfreude.

THE SEAMY, STEAMY DETAILS OF LUSTY NIGHT IN ROOM 871 She was waiting for him near the king-sized bed in Room 871, a stunningly sexy, petite brunette....Client-9 had paid good money - $4,300 - for what would be their few hours of steamy sex together at Washington, DC's historic Mayflower Hotel, in a deal brokered by her NY pimp. When her excited, distinguished-looking john arrived to the cozy room, she text-messaged her madam to say he was there. The alleged madam in Brooklyn, next heard from "Kristen" less than 21/2 hours later to say the john was gone and that...

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, a Democrat, has riled conservatives for years, and news of his self-induced downfall has produced "widespread disgust," according to one pro-family group. Just last month, another conservative group sought prayers to stop Spitzer's pro-abortion crusade. "More than any governor, Spitzer has tried to destroy the man-woman marriage definition and to license homosexual 'marriages,' Randy Thomasson, president of the California-based Campaign for Children and Families, said on Monday. "As Attorney General, he harassed pro-life crisis pregnancy centers," Thomasson said, noting that as news was breaking about Spitzer's alleged involvement in a prostitution ring, Spitzer was scheduled...

"Oedipus is funny -- that's the structure of funny," Alan Alda's character declares in the film Crimes and Misdemeanors. "'Who did this terrible thing to our city?' 'Oh my god, it was me.' See? That's funny." Judging by such a standard, the staggering news that ethics-crusader New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has shattered his political career because he couldn't resist the allure of a high-priced hooker, is high comedy indeed. No doubt, there is an element of tragedy in this tale. Spitzer's wife Silda, who was forced to stand by his side in a hasty press briefing yesterday afternoon, as...

NEW YORK - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has told senior advisers that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, The New York Times reported Monday, citing an anonymous top administration official. Spitzer, who is married with three daughters, was scheduled to make an announcement Monday afternoon. Spitzer officials wouldn't immediately comment on the story. The Times reported that a person with knowledge of the governor's role believes the governor is identified as a client in court papers. Four people allegedly connected to a high-end prostitution ring called Emperors Club VIP were arrested last week. The Web site of the Emperors...

AMID the holiday shopping season last November, Gov. Spitzer an nounced the state would begin collecting sales taxes from New Yorkers who shopped online. An immediate firestorm erupted, with critics dubbing the proposal "the Grinch Tax."

They've murdered children, set deadly fires and destroyed lives in moments of rage. They went to prison and could have spent the rest of their lives behind bars. Instead, they are free. Dozens of cold-blooded killers who repeatedly begged to be released have in the last year gotten their wish in record numbers.

--SNIP--Peter Pope, Spitzer's policy director, will be questioned about the role he played along with Spitzer Counsel and the governor's first deputy secretary, in a statement signed by Spitzer aide Darren Dopp July 22......The Commission on Public Integrity determined Dopp's testimony appeared to contradict his sworn statement. (Dopp is under investigation for possible perjury.)