Following a week filled with nonshells and
lazyshells (but no bombshells), there's really only one person who can feel Gov Paterson's pain and frustration, and help guide him through these times: the Spitzinator.
The Post reports that aides have confirmed that Gov. Paterson has been getting advice from his "disgraced predecessor" from time to time. Paterson is quoted as saying: "I don't remember Eliot Spitzer being in a conversation where he didn't have an opinion. And he has a lot of very good ideas about the way government should work, which is why the people of New York elected him governor in the first place." The former Governor has been slowly rehabilitating his image and creeping back into the public eye in the new year. There are rumors that Spitzer is considering running for office again eventually, and he has a vested interest in his hand-picked former-Lieutenant Governor.
But not everyone agrees with Paterson's assessment of Spitzer's "good ideas." Two anonymous government insiders quoted in the article mocked Spitzer's credibility, saying he had already been driving away his supporters well-before the sex scandal hit, and would have likely faced similar adversity to his re-election campaign as Paterson is facing now. As one source put it, "Advice from the guy who couldn't get along with anyone when he was in government?"
