In the Great State of Illinois, the Future White House Chief of Staff offers his predecessor in Congress, Governor Dry Look, "nothing but gratitude" in exchange for the appoinment of an Obama friend to the US Senate.

In New York, our Mayor, Kevin Sheehy, ups the ante, by offering our Governor "not even that" to do the same.   

Looking at the list of alternatives, the Governor must be glad that's he's legally blind. As has been demonstrated time and again, the worst way to avoid being garrotted by members of the Cuomo family is to do them a service.

“However big you think you are, you’ll get yours yet”.  - The Beatles (Different song, same album; don’t groan, the next choice for a title was “Love Potion #9”)  

Guess this is one time there weren’t “Three Men” in the Room. Albany’s center of power may indeed be it’s own very small “Emperor’s Club”, but this time the Emperor really had no clothes. In true Talmudic fashion, Eliot Spitzer decided to relieve unbearable urges by visiting another city. Who knew a guy who forgot to celebrate Chanukah would turn out to be so religious?   

As readers of Room 8 are aware, in 2002, “Progressive” (guess it depends on your definition of progress) Democrat Steve Harrison gave more contributions to reactionary Republican Marty “where the fuck’s my gun?” Golden than he’s ever given to any candidate, himself included, before or since.

As a result of the treachery of “Joe Bruno Democrats” in facilitating Golden’s victory, and other atrocities, Joe Bruno has been sucking the lifeblood out of Governor Spitzer’s efforts to reform the Albany Bi-Partisan Iron Triangle, leaving change for the better in New York Government in the zombie-like state of the un-dead. As a result, Bruno remains the real Governor of what I call the “Vampire State.” And Marty Golden remains Count Drac of Transylbayridge. And in Golden’s 2002 victory over a Democratic incumbent, Steve Harrison served as Golden’s own personal Igor. "

"Well, I read an old quotation in a book just yesterday
Said ‘Gonna reap just what you sow,
The debts you make you have to pay.’
Can you get to that?...

I recollect with a-mixed emotions
All the good times we used to have
But you were making preparations
For the coming separation
And you blew everything we had...

When you base your love on credit
And your loving days are done
Checks you signed with a-love and kisses
Later come back signed ‘insufficient funds’"

- George Clinton (not the one who was Governor)