Paterson Trying To “Get My Story Out”
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Gov. David Paterson this morning said he doesn’t feel empowered that President Obama was unsuccessful in helping Democrats win governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia, which could dampen the White House’s attempts to have Paterson back away from a run next year.
“I don’t feel empowered by any Democratic losses. I support Democrats and I support the president,” Paterson said on “Morning Joe” on MSNBC.
Paterson said his new television ads are aimed at telling his story and also to beat back the anti-incumbency movement that took place Tuesday.
“How could I be empowered? Every incumbent suffered shocking challenges in just the past couple of days. That doesn’t empower me at all,” Paterson said. “That’s why I’m trying to get my story out that I have kept New York’s finances stable in very very difficult times.”
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
