Ah, we'll see. I was talking about an open seat naturally.
Regarding Paterson - I never said that. I think I was stressing that appointing members of certain groups (Upstate and Women among them) was important for Paterson to gain the factional support to win a tough primary. I said specifically that he needed appoint a women, an Upstater, or a Hispanic. Obviously the only two real Hispanics that would be interested in the seat - Nydia and Carrion - found they had other things to do.
And I admit the Gregg thing took me by surprise. I think a Republican effectively counts as a minority (you do insert them as tokens) though. Now it looks to be Locke getting the post.
But, of course, Locke as a minority is totally unimportant. The Asian community has little voting cohesion or organization and is concentrated in states which make it electorally irrelevant. Plus, Obama already had two Asian cabinet members.
