Spitzer 2006 leads Pataki

The AP reports a huge double-digit lead for Eliot Spitzer in his campaign for Governor.

The poll was conducted even before Spitzer announced Tuesday that he would run for governor, a move that generally gives a candidate at least a temporary boost in the polls.

Spitzer led Pataki 50 percent to 38 percent in the poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

Pataki also would lose to carpetbagging Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton.