Rumors have been circulating on and off for the past two weeks that the New York Times is about to reveal some scintillating new details about New York governor David Paterson’s private life. Since Paterson already admitted the day after his inauguration that he (and his wife) have had extramarital affairs, many are predicting that these new allegations will be far worse for the governor, who came to power after his predecessor Eliot Spitzer took things too far with a prostitute.
Not that Paterson’s political situation needs another blindside from investigative journalists: Polls suggest Paterson has roughly a 30-percent approval rating and that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo leads Paterson 55%-23% among registered Democrats in the primary race. According to the New York Times, President Obama’s advisers have encouraged Paterson to not seek election in 2010 because they fear voters will take out their frustrations with him on the state’s Congressional delegation.
Paterson has ascribed his unpopularity to racism, despite the fact that black voters don’t particularly like him either.
Spitzer, for his part, is considering a Senate run.
Reports the Albany Times-Union:
The New York Times has, according to an avalanche of first-, second- and third-hand accounts, been working on a piece about Gov. David Paterson that, depending on who you talk to, could prove to be anything from mildly embarrassing to politically apocalyptic.
The last few weeks have brought two major eruptions of rumors concerning Paterson’s private life: reports of nuzzling at a New Jersey restaurant and being caught in semi-flagrante in a utility closet in the Governor’s Mansion — stories that Paterson and his press office have vehemently denied.
According to sources who have actually been interviewed for the Times’ story, its central narrative is the role played by members of Paterson’s inner circle in his personal and political activities.
Full story: The story everyone’s been talking about – The Albany Times-Union
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