Why did New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer drop his plan to offer driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants?

Fred Dicker, longtime reporter on state government for the New York Post, says her people sent the message to him to drop it.

Dicker said this on Hardball, courtesy the folks at Newsbusters:

“I was told at a very high level in New York politics that Mrs. Clinton’s campaign, or some of her top people, signaled to Governor Spitzer’s people that he had damaged her, they were wondering what the heck he was up to, why he had brought it to the floor now. And made it clear that the governor was hurting her and that he ought to back down if he wanted to help her, which he says he wants to do.”

Dicker, asked if his source is in Spitzer’s office, describes his source as being “In his camp, not his office. But at the highest levels… First of all, Spitzer’s a very smart guy and he’s aware of what happened. But secondly, they travel in similar circles. High-level consultants talk with one other. The governor’s political consultants and advisers were advised of the damage done here, that’s how it was relayed.”