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New York's New Governor: David Paterson | 23 comments (23 topical)

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Consensus among the people interviewed (5.00 / 1) (#11)
by scribe on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 11:35:24 AM EST
on one of the NY TV stations was:
"he grew up in the legislature" (son of a legislator);
"uses his blindness as a humorous foil", i.e., says stuff like "I'm in the dark on that."
"Very intelligent" - he was born blind, went through mainstream schools (not using Braille) and then Columbia.
"a wonderfully sweet-natured man"
"very well respected and liked"
"able to work well with everyone"
"Patterson's people and Spitzer's people did not get along.  Spitzer's were insular, from the prosecutor's office and Patterson's were more congenial."

and the best:

"Both he and Spitzer are protoypical liberal Democrats, but he is more liberal than Spitzer".

Just remember, the state budget is due April 1.

The budget won't be submitted on time. (none / 0) (#16)
by Iphie on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 11:46:21 AM EST
Aside from the fact that it almost never is, I think especially in this situation, he will be given extra leeway on this one.

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