Gov. Eliot Spitzer dropped in to the U.S. Open last week, where he joked a bit with John McEnroe about being conciliatory.
This was a good fit with the tennis match he's been holding against Sen. Joseph Bruno -- complete with their tantrums and throwing of rackets. Today, the Daily News editorializes about lobbying regulator David Grandeau's parting shot on the flights provided Bruno by business ally Abruzzese... Ad Spitzer!
But in Newsday, Raymond J. Keating remarks that the Sheriff of Wall Street has morphed into the icon of Business as Usual in the state Capitol. No Love-40!
Today's effort from the Post's Fred Dicker adds a grassy-knollish element with its description of a late-night, "black-car" rendezvous style adopted by the Spitzerites in the wake of the e-mail flap. The source attribution is one we cannot remember hearing lately: "an experienced public employee who demanded anonymity". This a line shot or 'out'?
And in the Sun, Jacob Gershman shouts from the stands that it's a double fault for our Gov. Eliot Savant.