NEW YORK - Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced Wednesday that he is resigning, completing a spectacular fall from power for a politician whose once-promising career imploded amid allegations that he paid thousands of dollars for high-end prostitutes.


"I look at my time as governor with a sense of what might have been," Spitzer said, with his expressionless wife Silda standing at his side. "There is much more to be done, and I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people's work."
Spitzer says his resignation is effective Monday. He will be replaced by Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who will become New York's first black governor.
The scandal erupted two days ago when allegations surfaced that the 48-year-old Spitzer spent thousands of dollars on a call girl at a swanky Washington hotel on the night before Valentine's Day.

MY Question; can a Nigerian Politician do this? When OBJ held onto BOT chairmanship after he don shine pikin wife congo? sorry allege to have done that.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_re_us/spitzer_prostitution

We are the ones to demand this when we see that we have people in political seats who are not competent enough. I mean we have a democracy. We can see this happen but we have to demand it.

I do hope they listen, OBJ was asked to resign and he refused, Etteh was literarily dragged out of her seat she won't hear any advise to resign. Our leaders have no conscience.

I mean the very fact that instead of dragging this on and on for no reason alone says the man at least accepts he doomed his own self and stepping down would be best for him at this point. I wait for the day we get people who accept the consequence of their actions easy without trying to make everyone have to deal with their stupidity longer than they should have to.

palmwine:

I do hope they listen, OBJ was asked to resign and he refused, Etteh was literarily dragged out of her seat she won't hear any advise to resign. Our leaders have no conscience.

On issues like this, OBJ is a complete low-life! The man has no restraint and is a disgrace to all fathers.