NY Governor Eliot Spitzer Suffers First-Term Blunders

The AP reports on Saint Eliot Spitzer:

His tumble has been reflected in the polls. A week ago, a Siena College poll found 64 percent of New Yorkers had a negative rating of his job performance. In January, 75 percent of New Yorkers viewed him favorably. A year after he was elected with a historic 69 percent of the vote, New Yorkers by a 2:1 margin said they wouldn't re-elect him in 2010.

What happened?

"He just doesn't seem to realize he isn't attorney general," said political science Professor Jeffrey M. Stonecash of the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. "There's a big difference between book smarts and political smarts."

Mr. Spitzer has a lot to learn if he ever plans to run for the White House.