Sunday, September 20, 2009

Wake Up Call for Gov. Paterson? . . .

The buzz at the AP is that President Obama is requesting Gov. Paterson to withdraw from the NY Governor's race,  feeling that NY is too important a state for the Democrats to lose and that Patterson won't be able to carry it off with his plummeting approval ratings.

Paterson's ratings were very high when he first took office -- when he was using rather conservative-sounding language about how the state's financial house was not in order and that spending cuts were needed.

Paterson's positive ratings became negative when his actions did not match his rhetoric. After he settled in, he became like all the other big-government big-spenders: Cow-towing to powerful interest groups, buying votes with special programs, jacking up all sorts of fees to pay for it all, spending cuts being more window dressing than real (e.g. mandating printing on both sides of a sheet of paper), telling people how they should live their lives (i.e., they were too fat and required a soda tax), and parroting the line out of DC.

I believe that our governor learned something about New York's problems during his many years in the State Senate, and that the bitter-medicine he tried to make us take when he first took office reflected that experience.  

After Paterson got in, he became subject to the same pressures as his predecessors -- and handled things in the same way. Even though he has been doing all the things his party stands for, like a pawn, the King demands that he must now be sacrificed for the good of his party....

Will the Governor wake up and govern like he knows he should, or will he keep playing the game that has led this state to ruin?


See NYCO for another take.

6 comments:

NewYorkCentral said...

The cynical would say that Obama wants Patterson to step aside because he's cutting ACORN off...
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/09/18/2009-09-18_gov_paterson_orders_all_new_york_state_contracts_with_acorn_to_be_put_on_hold.html

Anonymous said...

The guy's name is Paterson. Not Patterson.

Strikeslip said...

Here's the link above

Strikeslip said...

Thanks anon

Anonymous said...

NYS is a mess. The republicans started it. The democrats are finishing it off. Our local politicians, Roanne Destito and Dave Velesky, voted for every tax and fee increase we are experiencing. Wait until October 1st when the price of beer, soda and water skyrockets. The screaming will be heard across the state and maybe, just maybe, those democrats responsible for the fee increases will hear us. If Patterson had any guts, he would have said no and since he didn't, he is toast. Cuomo will do no better.

frankly said...

Just burn NY to the ground. All of it. Downstate, upstate, whatever. It all sucks. Start from scratch, chase out the rats, and forget the history/past because there is no future here.