New York Gov. David Paterson tells Political Blogger "People get Nervous if there are too Many Minorities in Office"

Gov. David Paterson (Xanthos/NY Daily News)

Never mind the fact that New York's Governor David Paterson's record of accomplishment is abysmal, he's now complaining that he's being sandbagged because of his race. After complaining to the New Daily News' Errol Louis during a radio interview last Friday that he is the victim of an "orchestrated" campaign to push him out of office, he told political blogger Gerson Borrero that some people are uncomfortable with too many black people in power. Wow, that's the way to tell 'em governor. Just go ahead and pull the race card when it's convenient for you! What a moron. I guess he hasn't come to realization yet that his tenure in office has not amounted to anything worthy of touting, just a lot of confusion. Apparently the White House has already asked Paterson to tone down his rhetoric after he said last Friday that President Barack Obama will be the next target of a racist media.

Defensive and at time self pitying, Paterson indicated he's been stewing for some time "I have been quiet for 17 months on this issue," he said. "I played by the rules. It was a very difficult position to find myself in and I've given it my best. I've done the best I can under the very trying circumstances the state is facing."

"It seems I have to work twice as hard as others," he said in his interview with Borrero. And it still bothers him that people refer to him as the "accidental governor." He took office in 2008 after former Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a prostitution scandal. "It was not an accident. It is a constitutional mandate," he said. "I became governor by a constitutional mandate."

He said the successors to disgraced governors Jim McGreevey of New Jersey and John Rowland of Connecticut were not dubbed "accidental governors." "I've had to endure this for 17 months and quite frankly on Friday when I spoke to Errol Louis on his radio show, it all came to a head," he said. Source: NY Daily News

Gov. Paterson needs to step aside and let Attorney General Andrew Cuomo run for the governorship for the Democratic Party. He has a record of accomplishment. While some of Paterson's claims of racism may be valid, they are a moot point because he has not accomplished anything since he has become the governor and yes, it was quite by accident. It's a sad commentary when even people of his own race want him out. His wife, Michelle Paterson pulled the same race card in April, 2009, when she claimed that the reason her husband was unpopular and most likely would not secure the Democratic nomination for governor in 2010 was because he's black. In all honesty, I think the Patersons' ability to pull the race card expired on January 20, 2009, at noon, when President Barack Obama was sworn in as the first African American president of the United States.

Gov. Paterson needs to take a look at the polls and see that his fate is sealed. A new Siena Research Institute poll released this morning shows his job approval rating at 23% and his favorability rating at 32%. A staggering 68% of New Yorkers said that they would prefer someone else if Paterson runs for a full four-year term next year. The same poll also shows that AG Andrew Cuomo would soundly trounce him in a hypothetical Democratic primary match-up. The same poll also found that he would most definitely be beaten by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani in a general election match-up. So, why should the Democratic Party risk having such a liability on their hands and essentially guarantee the GOP a win in New York?