Posted on 07/10/2013 6:46:38 PM PDT by drewh
Five years after a prostitution scandal forced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer from office, many Democrats appear willing to give him a shot at political redemption, according to a new poll that shows him with a strong lead in the city comptroller race.
Spitzer only announced his candidacy Sunday, and it isn't yet clear whether he will gather enough signatures by a Thursday deadline to make the Sept. 10 Democratic primary ballot. But 42 percent of registered Democrats already say they support Spitzer, compared to 33 percent for his potential rival, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, the NBC 4 New York/Wall Street Journal/Marist Poll shows.
Spitzer resigned as governor in 2008 after he was caught on a wiretap arranging to meet a prostitute. In the new poll, taken Monday and Tuesday, 67 percent of Democrats said he deserved a second chance, and 44 percent said he was a changed man. Nearly two-thirds said his scandal mattered little to the race, or not at all.
He also enjoys a healthy favorability rating, with 46 percent of Democrats saying they had a positive opinion of him, compared to 40 percent saying the same of Stringer.
The poll of 536 registered Democrats has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Spitzer has until Thursday to gather the 3,750 signatures needed for a spot on the ballot.
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Between Spitzer and Weiner, looks like it’s gonna be a “Sex and the City” sweep.
based on name recognition , only !
It's not that complicated. Spitzer and Weiner are running against Quinn and Stringer, a couple of hyper-liberals. They're ahead for the same reason that Bloomberg became mayor in NYC - they're liberal, but not that liberal.
Whores and booze for everyone!
Ultimately, GOP voters will vote against GOP reps because of sex scandals, whereas Democratic voters will not. Even in the GOP though, this is changing, as Sanford’s victory against Colbert’s Dem sister shows.
If a democRat had an HBO pay per view special with him having sex with a badger, he would be mayor by Christmas.
Honeybadger don’t care.
Weiner/Spitzer 2016
The dims couldn’t lose with a ticket like that!
The morons in New York deserve whatever they get, their to lazy to make up their own minds.
NYC is the armpit of the nation, he’d fit right in.
Spitzer has until Thursday to gather the 3,750 signatures needed for a spot on the ballot.
I'm sure he can buy that many by the end of the day. Isn't that what tax dollars are for in New York City?
“As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.”
Years ago I got a call from some telemarketer wanting to sell me some sort of trip to New York - I told him I wasn’t interested in visiting a state where the people were stupid enough to elect Hillary Clinton as their Senator (he broke into laughter) - now it looks like I’ll be able to add stupid enough to elect Eliot Spitzer as it’s biggest city’s comptroller and whatisname Weiner as its mayor if ever faced with the same opportunity.....
New Yorkers are PATHETIC LOSERS who have NO COMMON SENSE!
Well he’s an improvement over the ChiCom who’s currently Comproller (and running for Mayor). Last GOP Comptroller was Joesph McGoldrick who was defeated for reelection in 1945. One John Burnett, a Black Financier, appears to be the only GOP candidate.
Mayor Weiner and Comptroller Spitzer. Hell that still sounds better than Bloomberg and Lui. Eeesh.
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