Cheapskate Spitzer Comes A Cropper

The Washington Post has the basic Elliot Spitzer story here. Dana Milbank’s Washington Sketch column reveals perhaps the most revolting aspect of the case: Client 9 would not even spring for the Amtrak Acela to transport Kristen down to DC from Manhattan. Egads! He forced her to take the regional! Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal editorializes on it all, here, noting that there isn’t a “shred of nobleness” in Spitzer’s fall. The investigation of Spitzer apparently started with a Suspicious Activity Report filed by a bank in connection with the Governor’s transfer of funds to pay for call girls. We’ll see in coming days whether this turns out to be true and how the investigation grew from this kernel into the exposure of a sitting opposition-party Governor. Stay tuned.