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Paterson did not deny the rumors that Obama requested him to leave the governor's race, saying, "I mean I have had a number of conversations with a number of different people. They were confidential. I'm not going to discuss them... I'm not talking about any specific conversations."
Speaking to the Times, Staten Island Congressman Michael McMahon expressed the Democratic Party's fears of having Paterson, whose approval ratings are at twenty percent, on the ballot: "As any down-ballot candidate would be, I am very concerned about the top of the ticket, and I am happy that the White House is as concerned as I am."
UPDATE: Paterson will meet with Obama briefly today at the Albany airport, as Obama proceeds to a speech in Troy, NY. We'll see if Paterson is still running after that meeting.
UPDATE 2: From Jake Tapper's tweet: "Gov Paterson was 1st in receiving line 2 greet POTUS in Albany. handshake, chit-chat, and half-embrace, say pool reporters. looked 'cordial.'"
UPDATE 3: From NY1: Obama in his address in Troy — with Paterson standing at his side — did the old "faint praise" routine, calling him "a wonderful man." Later in his speech he also mentioned Andrew Cuomo.
UPDATE 4: The funeral notices for Mr. Paterson are already in the press. Elizabeth Benjamin from the Daily News calls the governor "the lamest of lame ducks" and casts some aspersions on the White House for achieving "the seemingly impossible... making Albany even more dysfunctional than it already was."
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I also don't quite understand the CIC's involvement in asking Dave to stand aside. I've never heard of such a thing happening before, but maybe it's because it wasn't publicized as much as this has been.
Usually embattled politicians are called aside privately and warned the oil is getting very warm and pitchforks are coming out of storage. So, start making plans to tell the public you're leaving for your health, spend more time with the family you're neglected for decades, etc.
If that doesn't work, then it becomes public and nasty: See South Carolina or Illinois.
but no one in the party has a problem w/ Charlie Rangel. Go figure.
They were going to meet at Hugs in Brooklyn, but then realized that they weren't welcome.
FTW!!!
Paterson is positioning himself for a better deal. He's not going away on the cheap.
Paterson has a very weak hand and could come out with nothing but a loser reputation.
He will lose the nomination and just get the blame for everything from everybody.
I like Paterson, but not for this race. He needs to back off and make room for a winner.
Why not let the rank and file party members decide instead of his majesty king obama? Or what that be too democratic for the, uhm, democrats. They really ought to rename themselves the American Socialist Party in the interest of clarity.