Gov. David A. Paterson has continually said he plans to run next year to keep the job he assumed after Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s resignation. But first he will have to improve his standing with the public.
A Marist poll released Wednesday showed his approval rating at a dismal 20 percent. That is basically unchanged from a survey conducted by Marist in June, which had Mr. Paterson’s approval rating at 21 percent.
Seventy percent of those polled said Mr. Paterson should not even run next year.
Poll numbers continue to show Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s popularity as almost the opposite of Mr. Paterson’s, as expectations continue to rise that Mr. Cuomo will enter the governor’s race. Rudolph W. Giuliani, who is considering a gubernatorial bid, also has robust support; 58 percent of those surveyed believe he should run for governor.
Marist surveyed 805 registered voters across the state as part of the poll, which has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
with #’s like that,he’s done.
dave you tried but you are in way over your head. bow out gracefully,endorse your fellow democrat cuomo and history will be kinder to you in the end.
Well, on the plus side, he’s given Spitzer new life in the media just by hanging around. Makes the ex look like a genius.
Wow, Paterson loses to Cuomo 70-23. Moreover, he gets destroyed by Giuliani 60-34 in a heavily democratic state.
You will be seeing more and more state democrats distancing themselves and abandoning David Paterson in the near term. As for the long term, well Paterson will be out of the picture in the long run.
If David Paterson believes it is racism that is driving these abysmal poll numbers, he is simply delusional.
David Paterson should do the right thing and announce he will not be seeking the democratic nominee in 2010.
I wonder how David Paterson and his advisors will be spinning these numbers.
Paterson will say it’s a tough economy and he’s making tough decisions – that’s why no one likes him.
Weak excuses, but better (more credible?) than playing the racism card.
Paterson just needs to be eased into a do nothing state job until he can collect his pension.
Guess David Paterson didn’t “see” this one coming. He’s a governor only in name. He has no real power, a weak politician. Cuomo is just too popular.
The SNL skit should come in handy for whoever runs against him. They can create some public controversy so that it will be picked up and shown as a “news” item over and over without having them to be overtly associated with playing it, or even paying for it.
It was funny because it was so on the spot to be laser targeted at him and not on blind people in general.
Stick a fork in him. He is done.
A political hack is a political hack.
The blind and handicapped needed a spokesperson and he has disappointed so far.
Playing “footsy” with public on many issues just left me with the sense the poor fellow didn’t have a clue other then he thought he was a politican and this was how to act.
This poor guy is so in over his head. Really, for the sake of the state, he should step down now. Too bad we don’t have a Lt. Governor to replace him. Ah, that’s right, Patterson failed with that, too.
Has former Pres. Carter or Maureen Dowd weighed in yet on the possible racism of the poll’s respondents?
Resign, it’s not your thing!
The Marist poll also showed that Comptroller DiNapoli has an approval of 35% – about the same as in June. Not that great. Maybe this is due, at least in part, to the fact that neither was elected to the post each holds. Also, both are from the legislature, which is also held in low esteem.
He Lies!!! – How appropriate.
“He lies!/You lie” is the new rallying cry of the loyal opposition. And anyone who ever disagreed with the administration (in DC or Albany) and who’s been called a ‘racist’ for it.
Paterson lost his biggest battle and his chance for remaining in office after this term when he failed to capitalize on the State Senate’s dysfunction last Spring. Rather than showing leadership during that crisis, he was weak and vacillating.
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, that can occur now that can pull Paterson out of his tailspin. He is perceived as weak and incompetent by the electorate and population at-large. People have given up on him and simply want to move on to someone (anyone) else.
What is truly worrisome is that we have a politically-crippled and essentially lame duck governor who will be going into budget negotiations shortly with a dysfunctional legislature.
The State Senate is a joke. The Democrats are now nominally in charge but dependent for control on an ethically-challenged “leader” and another about to undergo a criminal trial. And while Silver has firm control of the Assembly – he cannot advance anything unilaterally and so is essentially neutralized.
At present in New York, we no longer have a political crisis, we have a governmental crisis. This will apparently plague us for another eighteen to twenty-four months until a new Governor is elected, takes control and then begins to assert authority.
In the interim, expect corruption to flourish in a chaotic atmosphere where there’s no one really “in charge”.
Sorry to inform you, I did not post the comment you attribute to me. It was Rick, one comment earlier than mine. After all, I wouldn’t want you to be accused of lying!
earlier this evening, it was reported that president obama has requested that paterson not run for re-election.
dave,its over.its time to pack your bags and bow out gracefully-and clear the way for cuomo.