Given the task ahead, one might expect to find the governor and Legislature working furiously toward a solution.

By most accounts the former governor has worked smoothly with his son's campaign operation.

Virtually every governor is working on some health care initiative this year.

He said the governor could work as a behind-the-scenes consultant.

An experienced governor can work at headquarters, prison service colleges or training units.

"There are a number of moving pieces to making this happen and the governor has been working through them with as much determination as possible."

As a result of this new found appreciation for money, the governors work the constitution to restrict political power to the rich only.

A Spitzer administration official said the governor was working on similar legislation.

During most of the past 60 years, however, the governor and the attorney general have worked as allies.

"We welcome the fact that the governors are working together," he said.