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Reluctant Governor Explains: ‘I Did Not Sign Up for This’
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| Author | Danny Hakim |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 23, 2009 04:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Reluctant Governor Explains: ‘I Did Not Sign Up for This’
By DANNY HAKIM and JEREMY W. PETERS
Published: September 23, 2009
ALBANY — In unusually revealing remarks, Gov. David A. Paterson said on Wednesday that he never envisioned himself becoming governor and that he is trying to do the best with the situation he has found himself in.
Speaking at a luncheon organized by The Associated Press, Mr. Paterson said that when he ran for lieutenant governor in 2006 on a ticket with Eliot Spitzer, he had hoped that then-Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would later become president and Mr. Spitzer would appoint him to her seat. |
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