Manhattan Adult Entertainment: Gov. David Paterson his own worst enemy, experts say
His reputation went from ineffective to possibly sinister after reports surfaced that the State Police and Paterson himself might have interfered with a woman who was allegedly beaten by a top gubernatorial aide in a domestic violence incident.
The weight of it all seemed too heavy for Paterson, who announced Friday he would not run for a full four-year term, though he denied doing anything improper.
“It’s a sad personal story,” said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. “He came in with the best good will. Everybody liked him.”
Paterson took over as governor in March 2008 amid a groundswell of support from voters and lawmakers. Both groups were eager to put steamrolling Eliot Spitzer, and the prostitution scandal that brought his term as governor to an abrupt end, behind them.
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