Two weeks ago, I reacted with revulsion toward some bloggers’ suggestions that Eliot Spitzer should be either appointed to Hillary Clinton‘s Senate seat or given a prominent role on the Obama administration’s economic team. Now I see that Spitzer is rehabilitating his reputation in a much less objectionable way — with a biweekly Slate column. In his first outing, published yesterday, Spitzer argues that smaller financial institutions are necessary for the United States to compete in the global economy. With his new Slate gig coming on the heels of a Washington Post guest column, I wonder if Spitzer is planning on becoming an all-purpose financial pundit. Watch out, Krugman?
—Dana Goldstein
