… It had been three days since Eliot Spitzer, the former governor who resigned in 2008 after being identified as a client of a high-priced prostitution ring, announced that he was running for city comptroller. Although Mr. Spitzer’s reputation was seriously damaged by his conduct, he could find solace in the experience of a fellow New York Democrat, Anthony D. Weiner, who is a leading candidate for mayor just two years after resigning from Congress over his exchanges of sexually explicit messages with women he knew only online. …
But political analysts say New York this year will provide an unusual test of how women feel about misbehaving male politicians, because there are other alternatives who are equally liberal, if not more so, on social issues. Women are expected to make up a significant majority of the Democratic primary electorate — close to 60 percent — and their choices will shape the outcome. [cont.]
Kate Taylor, New York Times