New York Adult Entertainment: Embattled Gov. Paterson Takes to the Road
… As I get around the state and we start to explain that, people will start to see that this period – and I don’t know why I had to be here when it happened – but this period in the last 18 months was probably the most significant downturn even including the Great Depression,” Paterson said.
“As we start to rise from this recession, people will see that some of the tough choices, and some that were hard to take, were the only ways to keep ourselves out of the turmoil that you see other states in.”
Paterson, the state’s first black governor, inherited the post in March 2008 when Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a prostitution probe. Battered by a faltering economy, his poll numbers are hovering at record lows. Then he learned last week that President Barack Obama’s administration is worried he’ll drag other Democrats down in 2010 if he runs for a full term.
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