SILDA WALL SPITZER: ONE OF ELIOT'S MOST TRUSTED ADVISORS

FROM THE 11/10/06 NYTIMES PROFILE OF MRS. ELIOT SPITZER:

Moreover, Mr. Spitzer’s circle of close advisers is small, and his wife is among those he trusts most on political matters, friends and aides say.

“I can’t imagine he would do anything significant — from appointments he would make to major decisions on policy issues — without full consultation with her,” said Lloyd Constantine, a former prosecutor who was the chairman of the transition committee in 1998 as Mr. Spitzer prepared to take office as New York attorney general.

Mr. Spitzer makes no bones about his wife’s influence. “At the end of every day, there’s the inevitable recounting of what I was doing and where we’re heading on different issues,” he said. “She pushes me to defend my views where we disagree. If I can’t convince her, I know my thinking needs work.”

He cited Ms. Wall Spitzer’s “deeply held sense of ethics” and her intellect as forming the bedrock of her judgment. “I rely on her very much as someone to talk to in order to resolve a tough issue,” he added. “What length of sentence to ask for, how severe a fine should be. They come down to questions of what is just and fair.”

• WHAT A STEAMING CROCK OF SHIT.
• SHE SHOULD TAKE THE THREE CHILDREN, HALF HIS MONEY - AND SPLIT.