"Spitzer's best quality is probably the ire he inspires in Wall Street types," says Alex Pareene, who writes for wonkette.com. "Spitzer's like a bouncer who kicks out the I-banker jerk who just made a pass at your girlfriend."
And just like Obama and Clinton, say fans, the new gov's the kind of man guys want to hang out with.
"He seems tough, has a sense of humor but he isn't actually handsome in a way that makes you feel weird or like you have an actual crush on him," says one young Brooklyn man who works in politics, and requested anonymity. "If a man-crush is too attractive, it raises the gay flags that send us straight men bounding for the hills."
Other reasons cited for the purely political swoon: There's something about the way he smiles when he says state government has been asleep at the wheel. He's pretty sure of himself, and a little confidence can get you far ("He's even slightly arrogant," opined another Manhattan fan who asked not to be named).
Dreamy...