What is Eliot Spitzer?
{{Infobox officeholder |name= Eliot Spitzer |image= Eliot_Spitzer.jpg |order=54th |office= Governor of New York |term_start= January 1, 2007 |term_end=March 17, 2008 |lieutenant= David Paterson |predecessor=[[George Pataki]] |successor=[[David Paterson]] |order2=63rd |office2= New York Attorney General |term_start2= January 1, 1999 |term_end2= December 31, 2006 |governor2= [[George Pataki]] |predecessor2= [[Dennis Vacco]] |successor2= [[Andrew Cuomo]] |birthname=Eliot Laurence Spitzer |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1959|6|10}} |birth_place= [[The Bronx|Bronx, New York]] |death_date= |death_place= |alma_mater =[[Princeton University]] <small>([[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]])</small><br />[[Harvard Law School]] <small>([[Juris Doctor|J.D.]])</small> |nationality= American |spouse= [[Silda Wall Spitzer]] <small>(1987-2013,div.)</small> |children= 3 |residence= [[Manhattan]], New York |profession= [[Lawyer]]<br/>[[Politician]] |party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |religion = |footnotes= |signature=Eliot Spitzer Signature.svg }} '''Eliot Laurence Spitzer''' (born June 10, 1959) is an [[Americans|American]] [[lawyer]] and [[politician]]. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He was the [[New York State Attorney General]] before becoming [[Governor]] of [[New York (state)|New York]] in 2007. Spitzer resigned as Governor of New York on March 17, 2008 because of a [[prostitution]] incident. Spitzer's lieutenant governor, [[David Paterson]], became Governor. Spitzer hosted ''In the Arena ''on the [[Cable News Network]] (CNN). He was hired by CNN President Jonathan Klein to co-host a different program along with a conservative debating him called Parker Spitzer. The other co-host left, and the show was renamed In the Arena. The show was cancelled by CNN in 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/cnn-cancels-in-the-arena-with-eliot-spitzer/?_r=0 | title = CNN Cancels In the Arena with Eliot Spitzer by Brian Stelter | date = J