Excerpt from "The Clandestine Activities That Eliot Spitzer Loved"
http://nymag.com/news/features/45118/
"She couldnt stop crying. Barely one day earlier, the man shed been married to for two decades, the father of her three daughters, had stunned Silda Wall Spitzer with the revelation that hed been sleeping with prostitutes. Now here they were, on a cloudy Monday afternoon, in a warren of state-government offices on the 39th floor of a midtown building, among shell-shocked and tearful staffers. The New York
Times had just broken the story on its Website.
She hated what hed done, hated the idea of being seen as a stand by your man wife. But maybe appearing together today would somehow help their daughters through this nightmare. And Silda, an experienced lawyer herself, had somehow been able to think objectively about what her absence might say to federal prosecutors. She and Lloyd Constantine, a longtime Spitzer confidant, were nearly alone in arguing against an immediate resignation; Eliot, recognizing he was a political dead man, had wanted to do it first thing Monday morning. So theyd settled on a press conference in which Spitzer would apologize, admit nothing, and cling to his job.
It was scheduled to begin at 2:15. Nearly an hour later, Silda wasnt ready for an excruciating appearance in front of the press.
Spitzer stood still, not trying to console her or to make excuses. He was silent, his head down. He would wait as long as Silda needed. Spitzer dabbed his eyes. Silda slowly composed herself. Then they walked through the door, into the glare of TV lights, for the beginning of the end. Eliot Spitzers secret was out." (more at link)
Very long, but very interesting article. It sure helped me understand Silda's investment in Eliot, and Eliot's psyche.
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