Replacing Hillary: Paterson in the Spotlight

This week I examine some of the candidates who might fill Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat in my latest Pajamas Media column. One of the more interesting sidebars in this story is how Governor David Paterson suddenly finds himself in a starring role he likely never anticipated or wanted.

The original script of the Hudson Valley power brokers never included Paterson spending his nights in the Empire State’s governor’s mansion, to say nothing of filling a seat in the newly burgeoning Democratic Senate majority.

Ignoring his early displays of talent as a peace broker between Sheldon Silver and Joe Bruno, liberals in Albany viewed the legally blind, African-American politico as the perfect minority vermouth to Elliot Spitzer’s gin, but they had no plans for him to play first chair.

Had the Sheriff of Wall Street not been discovered in flagrante delicto with a woman of negotiable affections, Paterson might never have faced this quandary.

Read the entire column here.