David Paterson's unpopularity is being orchestrated by racists

[fezzyfestoon]

Or so he says...

NY Times

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[Eraserhead]

This guy won't be missed.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Idiot.

[xavier110]

Bye!

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The other similarity that Paterson and Patrick share is that they both kinda suck. Like, for reals.

[Dan the Roman]

The other similarity that Paterson and Patrick share is that they both kinda suck. Like, for reals.

No need to go easy on them because your scared of being lumped in with Therese Murray, Rahm Emmanuel, and Kirsten Gillbrand in the great racist conspiracy of 2009.

[Psychic Octopus]

Giuliani, 2010. See you there.

[xavier110]

Giuliani, 2010. See you there.

Hi, Mr. Delusional.

Cuomo will win.

[Psychic Octopus]

Giuliani, 2010. See you there.

Hi, Mr. Delusional.

Cuomo will win.

We'll see. Cuomo may not run.

[Хahar 🤔]

Giuliani, 2010. See you there.

Again, Giuliani will take 9.11% of the vote upstate.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

I think Cuomo will run, politics is in the family, as a member of the Kennedy clan and how important his father is. But, he wants to run unopposed and he is waiting a little bit.

[Eraserhead]

The other similarity that Paterson and Patrick share is that they both kinda suck. Like, for reals.

Patrick > Paterson

[Bacon King]

The other similarity that Paterson and Patrick share is that they both kinda suck. Like, for reals.

OMG U RACIS!

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The other similarity that Paterson and Patrick share is that they both kinda suck. Like, for reals.

Patrick > Paterson

And getting punched in the gut > than getting kicked in the balls.

[they don't love you like i love you]

And what is bad about Patrick? I haven't heard anything bad about him.

[Brittain33]

And what is bad about Patrick? I haven't heard anything bad about him.

He's mucked up working with the legislature on pretty much everything except gay marriage. In Massachusetts, that's an unpardonable sin. There has been some amateur hour politicking and dealing on issues like gambling and the ouster of the holdover Republican director of the MBTA that make him look no better than any other politician.

Otherwise, I don't think he's so bad. But I'm part of his base, so I wouldn't.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

And what is bad about Patrick? I haven't heard anything bad about him.

Failure to lead, primarily.

One of his initial pet projects was getting a casino gaming bill passed in the state to keep some of that Connecticut-bound revenue in state, but Patrick was AWOL during the vote, spending the day in a New York City publisher's office, signing a $1.35M deal for his book.

Most recently, the Patrick administration orchestrated the ouster of Dan Grabauskas, the state's MBTA (subway/buses) General Manager, by buying out the rest of his contract for $320K. Supposedly, Grabauskas was fired because he was pushing for fare hikes; it turns out that internal e-mails released showed it was Patrick's Secretary of Transportation Aloisi who was pushing for fare hikes, and it was Grabauskas who was resisting. In any case, the ouster was almost entirely political, no matter who you want to side with.

That's a good start. Aside from the generic complaints of hiring his political allies into newly-created positions with no job description or duties, he's failed to live up to any of his promise and has had no real accomplishments under his belt.  He campaigned on change and gave the state little more than a bungled version of the status quo.

And yes, as brittain says, his relationship with the legislature is miserable to say the least. We've had Republican governors able to get more done with the Democrats in the state house.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Then I suppose Pawlenty must be a horrid horrid governor considering his relationship with the state legislature.

(No, I'm not insinuating Mr. Moderate is a huge Pawlenty fan. Just making a point.)

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Then I suppose Pawlenty must be a horrid horrid governor considering his relationship with the state legislature.

(No, I'm not insinuating Mr. Moderate is a huge Pawlenty fan. Just making a point.)

There is, at least, a presumption that it should be much easier for Patrick, since he's a Dem and it's his party with the supermajority in the State Legislature. Then again, I know very little about Pawlenty's Minnesota record, so I'll leave it at that.

[Purple State]

I think Cuomo will run, politics is in the family, as a member of the Kennedy clan and how important his father is. But, he wants to run unopposed and he is waiting a little bit.

I hope that's what it is. Another thing that runs in the family is wavering on important decisions. Andrew seems to be less afflicted by this problem than his father was, but if Paterson stays in there he may simply sit it out.

[Purple State]

Maybe this can get things moving...

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/08/25/giuliani_lays_groundwork_for_bid.html

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Also, link to the Siena poll.

EDIT: Interesting number from the poll, the only demographic Paterson wins against Cuomo is 18-34 year olds. Any ideas why that is?

[cinyc]

EDIT: Interesting number from the poll, the only demographic Paterson wins against Cuomo is 18-34 year olds. Any ideas why that is?

Subsamples have very high margins of error, especially subsamples of subsamples (18-34 year old Democrats).  I'd pay Paterson's 50-44 lead among that group no attention - it's within the larger poll's MOE - so it's clearly within the MOE for the subsample's subsample.