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By E. J. Dionne | Friday, March 14, 2008 | The Washington Post

“…Eliot Spitzer vowed to shake up government and politics in New York. He did so in ways absolutely no one anticipated. By dallying with a call-girl ring known as the Emperors Club VIP — the name augured power and cost Spitzer his — he brought to office a remarkable new governor who may succeed in achieving Spitzer’s goals through methods nothing like those of the man who once called himself a ‘steamroller.’

While David A. Paterson, who will take over Monday as New York’s first African American governor, can be a fierce Democratic partisan, he is positively courtly toward his Republican adversaries and often entertains them with his wit….”…BS

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