Another scandal-scarred pol trying to make a comeback

From the Daily News:

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has become the latest disgraced politician looking to make a comeback in city politics.

Spitzer is running for city controller, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told the Daily News.

Spitzer now joins Anthony Weiner, the former congressman who tweeted away his career, as pols seeking redemption from the constituents they betrayed.

Spitzer is creating a committee that will begin circulating nominating petitions Monday in the effort to collect enough signatures by Thursday's deadline.

His entrance into the race to succeed John Liu, who is running for mayor, would shine a bright spotlight on an otherwise sleepy race.

Until now, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has been the Democratic front-runner, racking up endorsements from the city teachers union, 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, and the influential Working Families Party.

But Spitzer, who fled the governor’s mansion in 2008 after revealing his taste for prostitutes, remains popular among the progressives who dominate city politics.