'Trying to arrange a plea deal ...' Part II
More on the
plea-deal talks:
Mr. Spitzer cut himself off from all but the most senior members of his staff. His lawyer, Michele Hirschman, was reaching out to federal prosecutors to try to strike a deal in hopes of avoiding charges.
Close aides to the governor suggested on Tuesday that the mood in the Spitzer home was tense, with the governor’s wife, Silda Wall Spitzer, recommending that he not step down, but they cautioned that the situation could change at any time.
This
article indicates his wife is thinking in legal terms too. ... Kristen has disappeared, but the NY Daily News
picks up her cyber trail. ... I understand the uncomfortable Spitzer connection for Hillary. But it seems a
big stretch to blame Eliot for the start of her own campaign slide. ...