Last night, R. Scott Moxley posts an article saying Todd Spitzer will soon abandon his challenge to D.A. Tony Rackauckas. Frank Mickadeit writes this morning that suddenly, Spitzer is giving an awful lot of reasons why he shouldn't run. Both articles correspond with what the Blogpen's sources are telling us. What's more, Spitzer incredibly "declined to comment" for Moxley's story (which I think the Book of Revelation gives that as portent of the Apocalypse).
All of this leads me to believe Spitzer is indeed preparing to withdraw, especially when you consider Spitzer's remarks last week in reaction to Rackauckas' bombshell that this will be his last campaign. Candidates who are committed to running and winning don't talk that way.
Which is also not surprising. I've always believed that Spitzer's enormous ambition would ultimately give way to his even more enormous instinct for political self-preservation. I think Spitzer realized he had painted himself into a corner and Rackauckas' announcement offered him a face-saving way out of a race he had come to realize he would lose.
If Spitzer does drop out, he will be doing the right thing.
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