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Two-thirds of New Yorkers now say that they'd prefer "someone else" when it comes to their voting plans for 2010. And when put next to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the someone else that who has been drawing the most attention over the last few months, Paterson trails him in a hypothetical race now with 17 percent support to Cuomo's 67 percent before undecideds. A spokesman for the Siena poll says, "The Governor should be grateful he does not have to face the voters anytime soon."
The continuing decline of his numbers across the board have to be disappointing for Paterson, who has been trying to pull his administration together in the wake of the Senate replacement downfall that occurred early in the year. Paterson did a fair amount of staff upheaval over the last month, the most significant change possibly coming in the form of the return of his former top adviser, Charles O'Byrne (albeit now as a volunteer).
If there is any question on just how much the governor values the presence of O'Byrne, it was made abundantly clear over the weekend at O'Byrne's 50th birthday party. Ben Smith of Politico spotted a letter on the wall from Paterson to O'Byrne that seems like it may have been inspired by the release of I Love You, Man. It read:
Dear Charles,In half a century, greater than half a life lived, bred-in-the-bone prodigious talent ceaselessly cultivated, not flashed but sustained through a course varied in path but common with unsurprising success, a Renaissance man born for every era, a midwife of opportunity to unseen numbers, the seat of superlatives, taking to the oars to better the wind on the banks of the crimson sea, calming the tide beneath and below, bridging the fault between knowledge and life, building the bridge between time and generations, seeding consistent bloom in Morningside Heights, razing the bonds of idle minds, fearless bastion of pride, never looking back at the wake of night, sowing light at dawn and saying to life, “yes I will."
Our eyes and minds may drift from the sun, but it is always there, and without it we are lost. The devoted acts carried forth through your inimintable drive and enigmatic gifts have revealed an even more magnificent heart incapable of denial from even the upmost reaches of your illumination.
[Signed]
David Paterson
The party where the letter was hung sounds like quite the affair. On top of political big shots like Paterson, Alfonse D'Amato, David Dinkins and the glittery shoe-wearing Speaker Christine Quinn, also in attendance was "What if God Was One of Us?" singer Joan Osborne.
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Damn Spitzer's libido.
LOL! All started with the Amazon tax I tell you!
It's the continual stream of tax proposals that is killing him. Taxes are so high in NYS vs almost everywhere else, people feel like they are getting ripped off. If he could get the state budget truly streamlined, his numbers would go up with the general public. The thing is he needs to ignore the special interests and do what's right in the long term. On the same topic... please, no Andrew Cuomo for gov.
Nah, it's the media getting revenge for his daring to snub a Kennedy. That's what starrygordon always writes. It couldn't possibly have anything to do with actual poor job performance.
Anyone want to start a pool about how low his job approval rating can go? I'll take 9%.
I take 16%
Quite right. The people of New York, like the people of the rest of the country, are media suckers -- and the media prefer to provide circuses. That is a substantial part of what is wrong with the state and the country. That is why we have two (three?) useless wars and a wrecked economy. Paterson did not supply the media with opportunity to flog little Caroline on her pony and endless boring vacuous gossip about the Kennedys, and vengeance must be taken.
Afghanistan is hardly useless. It's where we should have stayed and finished the battle, if not for Dubya's Saddam fixation. I have to wonder what it is with you and the Kennedys. You cling to it like Giuliani clings to 9/11. I really hope Paterson runs. He can get the worst shellacking in recent memory in the Democratic primary. The only governor I respect less than Paterson is Palin.
Outrageous. Nobody waxes poesy like this and remains in office!
Bottom line. Paterson is inept.
Don't tell starrygordon above. He's already signing up to help with Paterson's election campaign. He loves Paterson even more than Paterson loves O'Byrne.