out of comptrol Aug. 30, 2013

Well, This Poll Shows Eliot Spitzer Up by 15 Points

By Dan Amira

Eliot Spitzer, center, a candidate for New York City comptroller, talks with members of the media as he campaigns in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Spitzer, who resigned as New York governor in 2008 after admitting he paid for sex with prostitutes, is now attempting a political comeback and is ahead of opponent Scott Stringer in the polls. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 08: Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer collects signatures from citizens to run for comptroller of New York City on July 8, 2013 in New York City. Spitzer resigned as governor in 2008 after it was discovered that he was using a high end call girl service. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) Photo: Mark Lennihan/AP

A day after Eliot Spitzer’s huge lead just up and vanished like a fart in the wind, it’s back again in the latest New York Times poll, which has Spitzer leading Scott Stringer by fifteen points. Polls sure are crazy! One caveat about this latest poll, though: Respondents were surveyed from as far back as August 19. Times political reporter Michael Barbaro says this is because “good work takes time.”

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