NY GOP to Spitzer: Leave... or else

so i take i that (4.00 / 3)

uncle joe, a man who has been under federal investigation for two years for, ya know, actual public corruption, is going to call it quits as well?

TODAY is day one. It always is.

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by: phillip anderson @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 15:48:22 PM UTC

Well... (0.00 / 0)

I want to know how the Republicans plan on getting this through the Assembly. Not that it will happen, based on the rumors we're hearing, but they face an uphill battle with that from the start.

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by: robert.harding @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 15:50:25 PM UTC

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over reaching (0.00 / 0)

Let Jimmy get his jollies and overreach to a point where there will be a public backlash.

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by: nassaupolitics @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 15:55:22 PM UTC

Gotta love Tedisco... (0.00 / 0)

He's been a favorite of mine for some time now.  

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by: robert.harding @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 15:57:53 PM UTC

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For the record... (0.00 / 0)

I would love to see Spitzer resign on say, Friday, and then see what the Republicans do.

Wankers...

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by: robert.harding @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 16:19:50 PM UTC

at this point (0.00 / 0)

The GOP threatening to impeach Spitzer if he doesn't leave voluntarily?  Good.

Whatever it takes.

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by: NYCO @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 16:23:27 PM UTC

Actually.... (0.00 / 0)

If he had resigned sooner, they would not be able to take credit for it.  Now, they will be able to say they "forced Spitzer to resign."  Not good for fellow dems.  But, overall, yeah, good.  The longer he stays the more damage is done.  Thank goodness for Paterson's sense of humor-- that will help make a very difficult transition a bit easier.

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by: robinia @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 16:27:16 PM UTC

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We cannot afford Impeachment! (4.00 / 1)

I know this story is huge right now, but this is something we really kind of can't forget about...

OUR STATE BUDGET IS DUE IN 21 DAYS!

We don't have time for this impeachment crap.  We have no time to waste...and the Governor is wasting it by not resigning.

RESIGN so we can get down some very important business: PASSING THE BUDGET!

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by: Soundpolitic @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 19:35:32 PM UTC

From what I recall, we elected Spitzer to fight the Repub legislature. (0.00 / 0)

This is as good of a topic as any to fight them on.

By the way, what exactly are the grounds for impeachment? Are legal grounds even necessary? They conveniently left this out of the story.

So, folks, who knows the NY State Constitution?

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by: dennisl @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 20:13:18 PM UTC

sometimes there are battles (4.00 / 1)

where you're already losing if you have to enter the battle.

I think this is one of them.

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by: simonstl @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 20:15:51 PM UTC

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Now he has to stay 72 hours (0.00 / 0)

at least.

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by: hearthmoon @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 23:03:09 PM UTC

Another thought (0.00 / 0)

If NY Republicans pursue an impeachment on this, it really has the potential to damage their brand nationally.  Already, it's brought attention to the politicized firing of US attorneys and the reason for those firings.  And it's keeping the Seigelman story alive.  Of course, NY Republicans really are selfish and dumb enough to tank their own party to get Spitzer, so I shouldn't chortle.  But it would hurt them a lot more than it would Dems, at least nationally.

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by: hearthmoon @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 23:10:12 PM UTC

nobody but nobody (0.00 / 0)

cares about the NYS GOP or what they do.

The national party does not care about them.  There is no damage they can do to that brand if they're already deemed irrelevant.

Why would it damage any brand anyway?  Is Spitzer Mr. Popularity nationally?  

The only thing it would do is rile up a bunch of national bloggers who know (or care) relatively little about New York State politics.  They're already starting with the whining about how Spitzer shouldn't resign because the investigation into his activities was weird.  Spare me.

Of course it was weird.  But you can figure out what happened there, whether he resigns or not.  I just don't get the logic:  "The investigation was fishy, ergo, Spitzer must not resign or else we'll never get to the bottom of it."  Say what?  How does it help us find out the truth if Spitzer stays in office?  His staying in office is irrelevant to any investigation of the investigation.

HOWEVER... these bloggers live on blog hits, and for them to glom onto the Spitzer story is very sexy, even if their logic about whether or not he needs to resign is kind of faulty.  Spitzer is a very hot topic now, and boy they need those hits to keep a-comin.

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by: NYCO @ Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 02:09:50 AM UTC

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