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Related: About this forumDavid Paterson Hints at Congressional Campaign
Former Governor David Paterson, who took the states top executive post after Eliot Spitzer suddenly resigned amid a prostitution scandal, says he might not be done with politics just yet.
I love public service. I love the people who do it, Mr. Paterson answered this morning when asked whether hed run for veteran Congressman Charlie Rangels seat if the incumbent retired. I would listen to people.
Specifically, Mr. Paterson, a Democrat, cited a lack of leadership in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives as a possible motivation for running. He further complained that important issues, like student loan debt and housing foreclosures, were not getting the attention they deserved.
Nobody seems willing to get up and take on any issue unless theyre in the majority, Mr. Paterson, speaking in a talk radio interview with New York Post columnist Fred Dicker, explained. And when that happens, it means that theyre deal-makers rather than leaders. And that compromise that people makejust that little compromiseinevitably leads to corruption. Every time.
Read more at http://politicker.com/2013/05/david-paterson-hints-at-congressional-campaign/
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)someone got to Patterson and he changed his mind.
Probably lost the support of 50% of the democratic party when he did that.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I am not against Kennedy but he was being unfairly pressured. I like the senator he picked.
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)Fox and the NY post did not want Caroline,and btw, had Caroline been in office then,
she most certainly would have been considered for higher office by now.
Which would have pleased Teddy.
I happen to like Patterson, at least he was honest about his personal problems.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I think he got shafted by the NY democratic party so that Cuomo can run. I like Cuomo but I also liked Patterson. If Kennedy was an elected official she would have gotten the job.
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)and yes, I know Mario was more liberal than Koch, but personally, Koch got smeared and Andrew was running the campaign and knew about it.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)You are just like me, we hold political grudges.