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Reluctant First Lady Endures a New Ordeal

Posted Mar 12, 08 8:36 AM CDT in US,  Politics 

(Newser) – Silda Wall Spitzer was a reluctant first lady of New York, but when her husband's dalliances became public she was one of the few people urging him not to resign, the New York Times reports. Silda all but begged Eliot to stay in office, and if she means it, it could matter. Even now, friends say Silda has tremendous influence over her husband.

A former corporate lawyer, Wall Spitzer has avoided the political spotlight, spending most of her time at home in Manhattan. “The whole period of his governorship hasn’t fit her,” one friend said. “It strained the marriage.” As mother, charity worker, and first lady, “I have three jobs,” Silda once lamented. “And none of them are corporate law, and none of them pay.”

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New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, right, addresses a news conference as his wife Silda Wall Spitzer, left, listens in before the Farm Aid concert, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007 on Randall's Island in New York. ...   (Associated Press)
Wife of Gov. Elliot Spitzer, Silda Spitzer,center, arrives at thier Fifth Avenue apartment on Monday, March 10, 2008, in New York. Gov. Spitzer is partially hidden in the backround. (AP Photo/ Louis...   (Associated Press)
With his wife Silda Wall Spitzer holding the car door, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer arrives at his Fifth Avenue apartment, Monday, March 10, 2008, in New York. Spitzer, the crusading politician who built...   (Associated Press)
New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer is joined by his wife Silda as he makes a statement to reporters during a news conference Monday, March 10, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)   (Associated Press)
With his wife Silda leading the way, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, partially hidden in background, arrives at his Fifth Avenue apartment, Monday, March 10, 2008, in New York. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer,...   (Associated Press)
Eliot Spitzer, then New York State Attorney General, speaks with his wife, Silda, before being introduced at a rally in Prospect Point park in Niagara Falls, N.Y., in this May 29, 2006 file photo. (AP...   (Associated Press)
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