Spitzer's problem now is the same as it was when he was AG: he thinks he is beyond the law and beyond the need to observe rules of decorum or common decency. And he is blind to that fact, as most tyrants are. Spitzer is still merely a petty tyrant because his blindness and his mad rush to stomp out all resistance have far outpaced his cleverness. He was allowed by the press and gullible voters to get away with whatever he wanted as AG, and he naturally thinks he can do the same now. Like all out-of-control egos, he is blind to his limits. His being a particularly outsized and crudely uncontrolled ego, the blindness it causes him has run spectacularly amok in stunningly short order. He has shown everyone who he is. He has neither the character nor restraint to see any of this, and so will be unable to "reform." He is an amateur and has killed his potential power in its crib. He should watch Hillary to see how the pros do it.