you know, joe bruno turns to pataki and says he's talking about us. things he wanted to do required really significant systemic change. it required money. it required legislation. it required cooperation. and he goes after the people he needs in the first 45 seconds. that's not hyperbole. >> so from day one, it was awful. >> from the first 45 seconds of day one, it was awful. >> not everyone will agree with this vision and some will not support these solutions, but progress. we will have. >> they need this governor to govern. they don't need him to be a steamroller. >> one year before he was dubbed client number nine, spitzer had gone from the exalted sheriff of wall street to a reckless steamroller, and then he opted to use his office to start a private war that got its own tabloid nickname troopergate. what is the troopergate? >> the troopergate thing was a national story because this was eliot spitzer. early on. because of this taunt at the inauguration, there was a combative relationship between senate majority leader joe bruno and eliot spitzer.