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| Gov. David Paterson at campaign kickoff: I'm running for office this year - and I will win |
| 2010-02-21 |
| Anemic fundraising, no-show Democratic officials and lousy poll numbers be damned: A defiant Gov. Paterson says he's in it to win it. "There is one rumor that I will confirm: I am running for governor this year - and I will win this year," Paterson said in his official campaign kickoff at Hofstra University this morning. "The reality is that I've done more in my two years as governor than most governors have done in two terms," he said. Paterson, using the humor for which he's well known, attacked what he called "rumors" and negative media reports about his professional performance and personal behavior. "I had a very difficult last couple of weeks," said Paterson, who took over after Eliot Spitzer resigned as governor and is now running for the office for the first time. "Innuendo and ridicule and false rumors can leave a long and lasting effect," said Paterson, who portrayed himself as an underdog who's gotten results by making hard, unpopular choices like budget cuts. "And it's no surprise that this comes in the middle of a budget process when special interests have a lot to lose, and at the beginning of a campaign when other candidates will do anything to win," he said. But in the end, he said, "This is not about me. This is about the people of New York - and I will always put the people first. ... You need to know that this is a governor that does not quit." Team Paterson chose Hempstead for the kickoff because the governor's family moved here in his childhood so he could get a mainstream public education despite being legally blind. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Paterson, who portrayed himself as underdogwho's gotten results by making hard, unpopular choices like budget cuts. Fact Executive Summary The Empire State is being drained of an invaluable resource—people. From 2000 to 2008, in both absolute and relative terms, New York experienced the nation's largest loss of residents to other states—a net domestic migration outflow of over 1.5 million, or 8 percent of its population at the start of the decade. |
| Posted by: Threrert the Galactic Hero8099 2010-02-21 10:05 |