Who Shot Wall Street's 'Sheriff'?

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer saw a meteoric rise to political prominence over a decade-long career in elected office, famously tackling malfeasance on Wall Street.

But along the way, the crusader for ethical rectitude, whose pursuit of corporate wrongdoing as a gun-slinging attorney general earned him the nickname the "Sheriff of Wall Street," racked up a string of high-powered enemies hungry for his political demise.

On Wednesday, the scandal-ridden governor gave his enemies some solace in announcing his resignation amid accusations he spent thousands of dollars soliciting pricey prostitutes. ...