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This town might not be big enough for two sex-scandal-scarred politicians, experts said yesterday.

Eliot Spitzer’s political comeback in the comptroller’s race could hurt mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, according to political analysts, because there’s only so much forgiveness to go around.

“Combined with Anthony Weiner, Spitzer gives the Democrats an image problem,” said Kenneth Sherrill, a political science professor at Hunter College.

“Just when Weiner was coming back, Spitzer’s candidacy could pull him down. While either one of them might have saved himself, we might see the spectacle of two drowning men pulling one another down, each reminding the public of the other’s undesirability.”

Marist College pollster Lee Miringoff said: “I think the voters are going to have to sort that out. There’s a potential for a redemption overload. We don’t really know. This is not a traveled path.”

Weiner’s chief rival, Council Speaker Christine Quinn, said New York isn’t ready for either of the tainted pols.

“I believe in second chances as much as anybody else,” she said “None of us are perfect. But in all aspects of life, particularly in elected life, you have to earn second chances, not just ask for them.”

Weiner insisted Spitzer’s comeback is a nonevent as far as he’s concerned.

Since announcing his candidacy in May, Weiner has consistently run first or second in public polls and is viewed as one of the three top mayoral contenders, along with Quinn and former city Comptroller Bill Thompson.

“Maybe this is happening because I’m doing so amazingly well,” Weiner said of the news that the former Love Gov would be joining the campaign trail.

“I’m not paying attention to other races. Of course, people were surprised, but it hasn’t affected me at all.”

Weiner found himself pummeled with questions about Spitzer during a stop at a Chelsea bike shop to promote cycling yesterday (above).

Despite once threatening to remove the city’s bike lanes if elected, Weiner yesterday proposed a tax break for businesses that promote bicycle commuting.

But all the Spitzer talk got his wheels spinning in a different direction.

Weiner acknowledged that Spitzer’s re-entry has “shifted the attention” from his own widely covered campaign.

The dueling sex scandals once gave Spitzer an uncomfortable moment during his exile as a television host in 2011.

“I sympathize with Anthony,” Spitzer, then host of CNN’s “In The Arena,” said after Weiner torpedoed his career by tweeting a crotch shot of himself to a Twitter follower.

“I know he is going through torment like virtually no other, but his greatest sin from the perspective of the public was not being truthful at the moment of crisis.”

Much to Weiner’s delight, Spitzer said he has no interest in being mayor.