King of New York now? Obama tells David Paterson to withdraw from the New York governor’s race

Isn’t it cool how we can have a President can decide who should and should not run state office? Seems Messiah Obama has sent a request to New York Gov. David A. Paterson that he withdraw from the New York governor’s race. Paterson’s approval ratings in New York make Dubya’s seem high of course and Obama knows this. More from liberal biased New York Times:

The decision to ask Mr. Paterson to step aside was proposed by political advisers to Mr. Obama, but approved by the president himself, one of the administration officials said.

“Is there concern about the situation in New York? Absolutely,” the second administration official said Saturday evening. “Has that concern been conveyed to the governor? Yes.”

The administration officials and the Democratic operative spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions with the governor were intended to be confidential.

The president’s request was conveyed to the Mr. Paterson by Representative Gregory W. Meeks, a Queens Democrat, who has developed a strong relationship with the Obama administration, they said.

The move against a sitting Democratic governor represents an extraordinary intervention into a state political race by the president, and is a delicate one, given that Mr. Paterson is one of only two African-American governors in the nation.

But Mr. Obama’s political team and other party leaders have grown increasingly worried that the governor’s unpopularity could drag down Democratic members of Congress in New York, as well as the Democratic-controlled Legislature, in next fall’s election.

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September 19, 2009 · Filed Under General Politics


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