Disgraced former Gov. Mark Sanford came out ahead in the South Carolina primary Tuesday night, and is the favorite to win the run-off for the nomination and the special election for the seat. But just a few years ago, Sanford was at a low point, giving a tearful press conference and addressing his hike on the “Appalachian Trail,” which turned out to be a cover for an affair.So what is it about Sanford that made him so forgivable, while politicians like Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer have not been?One theory is that in New York, the tabloid culture is so pervasive and persistent that it made it much harder for Spitzer and Weiner to survive after their scandals broke, and to rehabilitate themselves for a potential comeback.Continue Reading… … Read More
Eliot Spitzer leaves Current TV
Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer is the latest to leave Current TV, after Al Gore and Joel Hyatt’s network was sold to Qatar-owned Al Jazeera. Unlike Time Warner Cable, who dropped Current earlier this week, Spitzer’s decision to quit hosting the network’s show “Viewpoint” has nothing to do with ratings or any negative perception within the U.S. “I view Al Jazeera as a very serious journalistic outfit,” he said. “They have proven to observers around the world that they are serious and objective. They will have to, at a P.R. level, prove to the American public that that is the case. And I think that over time they will succeed at doing that.”Instead, Spitzer insists that he’s leaving because his goals don’t fit with Al Jazeera’s. “For me, journalism has been more a matter of projecting a particular approach to covering policies, to covering issues,” he said. “It was a continuation of what I tried to do in government. And that doesn’t fit with their vision of what they are going to do.”In the meantime, “Viewpoint” will be hosted by comedian John Fugelsang.h/t The New York Times Continue Reading… … Read More
Spitzer: Wall Street will not be ‘too big to indict’ in 2013
In a commentary posted on his show’s website on Friday, Current TV host Eliot Spitzer predicted more Wall Street heavy hitters would be held accountable for their misdeeds next year. “Every major institution, just about, has been wrapped up in some significant scandal,” Spitzer…
Hubble May Have Spotted Most Distant Galaxy Ever
Combining data from the Hubble space telescope with NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists may have glimpsed the most distant galaxy ever seen. … Read More
Robert Reich: Republicans pledged to Norquist, not the American people
University of California professor Robert Reich said the election had not changed Republican’s unwillingness to let the Bush tax cuts expire for wealthy Americans. “We are back to where we were before the election in some respects,” he told Current TV host Eliot Spitzer….
Bill Maher on Mourdock and ‘rape is God’s will’: ‘You cannot separate religion from just sheer idiocy’
During Friday night’s panel discussion on Real Time with Bill Maher, guests Eliot Spitzer, Chrystia Freeland and Michael Steele weighed in the Republican Party’s little “rape is God’s will” problem. Earlier this week, Indiana senate candidate Richard Mourdock stunned…
