Unlike Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner, whose anger issues were apparent long before the notorious entanglements with women that brought their political careers crashing down, Eric Schneiderman kept his emotional disturbances hidden from public view until The New Yorker article that brought a swift end to his time as State Attorney General.
But if it was difficult to foresee his plunge into disgrace and possible criminal charges, the reactions of several interested political parties were entirely predictable. What was unexpected were the countervailing forces that derailed a hastily-crafted plan to not only anoint a successor but in doing so, ease a path for one mayoral hopeful looking 3½ years ahead.
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