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Paterson Predicts Obama Will Stay Out Of New York Politics

Posted 12.18.2009 | New York

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Governor Paterson went on Larry King last night to discuss his political future and his relationship with President Obama. Paterson, who also crash...

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David Paterson On Meet The Press: "I'm Blind, I'm Not Oblivious" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 11.27.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. — David Paterson thrived politically as a state senator, working his way up in a nearly all-white Albany political structure. Now,...

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SNL Mocks Governor Paterson (VIDEO, POLL)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York

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SNL's Weekend Update targeted Governor Paterson again last night, this time over his being asked to step aside in the 2010 governor's race. In the co...

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The Time The President Didn't Intervene

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

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In the first year of his first elected term, Lyndon Johnson made the presidency look easy. Landmark bills on education, health care and civil rights were flying through Congress. But he stayed out of New York politics.

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Paterson Accepts Cuomo Denying A Role In Bad Press

AP | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson is taking the word of the attorney general's staff that they had nothing to do with attempts to push...

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Gregory Meeks: Queens Congressman Says Obama Never Told Him To Talk To David Paterson

AP | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. — A Democratic congressman from New York City says he was never ordered by President Barack Obama to intervene in the 2010 race for...

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Paterson Blames Andrew Cuomo For Obama's Removal Attempt

nypost.com | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

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Gov. Paterson has privately accused Attorney General Andrew Cuomo -- his would-be replacement -- of "wiring up" President Obama's unprecedented attemp...

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Gov. Paterson Quiet After Lukewarm Intro By Obama

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 11.22.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. — As New York Gov. David Paterson's political vitality fades and a court decision over his lieutenant governor choice threatens to ...

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Obama: David Paterson "A Wonderful Man"

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

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TROY, N.Y. — President Barack Obama is calling New York's embattled governor a wonderful man even as some Democrats want him to drop out of the ...

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Obama Throws Gov. Paterson Under the Bus

Dan Collins | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York

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Democratic voters might well prefer Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. But this hardly seems like the sort of situation that requires an emergency intervention by the most powerful person on the planet.

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Paterson Planning 2010 Run, Ignoring Obama

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson isn't scrapping his plans to run for the office he inherited 18 months ago, despite growing pressure from Was...

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Obama: Paterson Should Quit New York Governor's Race

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York

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President Obama has asked an increasingly embattled Gov. David Paterson to bow out of the 2010 governor's race. Two senior administration officials...

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