Breaking News: End Of An Era

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Reports from Albany confirm that Eliot Spitzer will resign as Governor of New York. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein brings us the latest news. And Adam Davidson, NPR's business and economics reporter, helps follow the money trail. Plus, Wayne Barrett of the Village Voice reflects on Spitzer's rise and fall. Plus, Jim Sleeper, a lecturer in political science at Yale, a writer on American civic culture and politics, blogs at TPM Café, looks at the federal prosecutor's decision to investigate Spitzer's finances.

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