In a New York Times story on the unyielding support Eliot Spitzer (D) and Anthony Weiner (D) are receiving in their candidacies from black voters in New York, Al Sharpton is consulted to explain the phenomenon:

“You can’t think of any major black leader that did not have some kind of legal or other kind of media attack, so we are not as prone to believe the attacks as other communities."

Spitzer, once a patron of prostitutes, is running for comptroller. Weiner, a serial sexter, is running for mayor.

@eScarry