World Jewish Congress

So It Happened That Matthew Bronfman, Son of Edgar, Laid Claim to the World Jewish Congress, and So Did Ron Lauder, Son of Estée … and Matthew Was Told, ‘You Have What It Takes to Be a Great Leader of the Jewish People’; Then Was There Much Smoke and Noise and Rending of Garments, and Edgar Sr. Did Quit as President.  read more »

It's probably inevitable that companies facing Eliot Spitzer hire his friends. And former State Attorney General Robert Abrams, a political ally whom Eliot goes out of his way to praise, is no exception.

Today, he turns up in an H&R Block press release denying Spitzer's claim that the company committed fraud. He's also in on the Attorney General's investigation into the World Jewish Congress.

As Abrams' bio at Strook & Strook & Lavan says: "Mr. Abrams has been of particular value to corporations that have been the subject of an investigation by a state attorney general or by multi-state investigations by numerous state attorneys general."

A disappointed key Golisano advisor emailed over this morning an outline of the campaign that wasn't, which I thought would make interesting reading for all involved.

Here's what you would have seen, had Tom pulled the trigger:

"Golisano had a clear path to beat Spitzer.

"We would have taken Daniels for LG and spent what Bloomberg spent to win African-American votes, challenging Paterson Downstate. Two Downstaters on the ticket would have been exploited Upstate.

"Eliot is vulnerable as hell on his first campaign financing, taking campaign contributions from people he is investigating, NOT busting Carl McCall when he busted 2 prominant Italo-Americans at the NYSE, the whitewash of the World Jewish Congress mess (there is far more there), his ANTI position on Medical marijuana (Golisano and Bruno ready to legalize!), and his warm lovable personality.

"The Transit strike really changed the public view of public sector unions and 1199....we would have beaten the heck out of Rivera and his sweetheart deal to bankrupt New York State.

"But it is not to be.

"Bill Weld is a good guy, but Decker is fatal."