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This is so not news : Spitzer is nominated by state Democrats as their 'heir to the gubernatorial throne' :

[via Dems choose Spitzer to run for governor]

Buffalo - New York state Democrats overwhelmingly chose Eliot Spitzer as their candidate for governor yesterday in a bid to take back control of state government as Republicans head into their own nominating convention battling for control of their party.

Spitzer, the state attorney general who has won national recognition for fighting corporation corruption, laced his acceptance with promises of fixing upstate and Albany's woes.

"In cities and suburbs across the state and right here in Erie County, there are families drowning in property taxes so high that with each passing day they see the middle-class lifestyle they fought so hard for slip further and further away," Spitzer said. "Most importantly, day one is when we realize that we're all in this together, and that in this journey, it will not be upstate versus downstate, urban versus rural, business versus labor, Republicans versus Democrats."

BTW, I actually like Spitzer. A lot. But given my job is to not to bend over and give in to party politics, I have to note that Spitzer's speech took more than a note, nay! dare I say a whole chapter, from the Suozzi campaign :

Spitzer, in his speech, referenced Pataki's 12 years in power without using his name. He is looking to gain from voters' growing discontent with state government.

"No more pay-to-play politics, where you do business with a politician one day and make a campaign contribution the next," Spitzer said. "No more lifetime appointments to the state Legislature."

"And in the years to come, the only distinction they'll be remembered for is the fact that nobody has ever done so much for so few who need so little."

Tsk. Tsk. Given his vast knowledge of net neutrality, Mr. Spitzer should have treated those words as having a Creative Commons, Share-Alike license.

Heh.

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