EDITORIAL: Smart, not street smart: Spitzer rolled into Albany with an ambitious agenda, but so far his team has lacked the savvy to get it done.(Editorial) From: Newsday (Melville, NY) | Date: June 24, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Newsday. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Jun. 24--In Albany this year it was a case of the irresistible force, namely Gov. Eliot Spitzer, colliding with the immovable object, namely the State Legislature. The result, in a word, was: splat.

Maybe expectations were just too high, but for a lot of Albany watchers, the first six months of the Spitzer administration has been a disappointment. As one wag put it recently: Spitzer has accomplished in six months what it took Mario Cuomo six years to do: -- everybody off....

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