Spitzer Shares Arrogance of Other Powerful Men
Spitzer Shares Arrogance of Other Powerful Men
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer built his career on the moral high ground, but faces a fall suffered by Greek gods and Shakespearean characters through his own hubris or exaggerated sense of self-pride.
That scenario, say psychologists, is as old as time: Men who seemingly have it all but tempt fate to risk everything — family, reputation and even power.
Spitzer — who during eight years as an aggressive attorney general was compared to Eliot Ness, the legendary FBI man who brought down Al Capone — is now allegedly Client 9 in a federal investigation of an upscale prostitution ring.