In case you haven't heard...

Eliot Spitzer, the governor of New York, is in hot water. According to the New York Times, the feds have identified him as "Client 9" in their investigation of an international prostitution ring. It seems Spitzer hired a New York call girl to drive down to Washington and, uh, "escort" him. To a hotel room. Here's an interesting wrinkle from the Times article:

Federal prosecutors rarely charge clients in prostitution cases, which are
generally seen as state crimes. But the Mann Act, passed by Congress in 1910 to
address prostitution, human trafficking and what was viewed at the time as
immorality in general, makes it a crime to transport someone between states for
the purpose of prostitution.

So apparently we're not dealing with good, old-fashioned, David Vitter-style whoremongering here. No, this is a federal case. With wiretaps. Spitzer hasn't resigned yet, but I have to assume he will sometime soon -- being mentioned alongside "human trafficking" just isn't a good look, even in New York.

By the way, there's a good profile of Lieutenant Governor David Paterson here (via Ben Smith). Like Spitzer, Paterson is a Clinton supporter, and now I'm wondering how this will affect the superdelagate race. Any thoughts, fellow bloggers?