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<p>Here's a clip from the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner last night, in which Cardinal Egan cracks a joke about Eliot Spitzer and his driver's license policy.</p><p>But the most humbling thing Spitzer heard last night was the reaction he got from the more than 1,000 guests at the black-tie event in the Waldorf Astoria. Right after Michael Bloomberg received a thunderous greeting from the audience, Spitzer walked on stage to a noticeably less enthusiastic reception.</p><p>&quot;It reflects the popularity of Bloomberg&quot; said attendee Vincent Sciarrillo, a senior VP of Emigrant Bank, &quot;and it reflects the, how would you say, the feelings that perhaps Spitzer has not behaved as he should as governor.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It was obvious the mayor was well-liked and Spitzer is not well-liked,&quot; said retired NYPD detective Maria Fitzgerald of Long Beach, Long Island, who said she was related to Tony Blair, the night's featured guest (Fitzgerald said her great-grandmother and Blair's great-grandmother were sisters). &quot;Spitzer is clueless.&quot; she said.</p>]]></description>
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 <category domain="http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/24562">Tony Blair</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:09:15 -0400</pubDate>
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