Manhattan Adult Entertainment: NY guv abandons bid for full four-year term

… But I am being realistic about politics,” he said. “It hasn’t been the latest distraction … It’s been an accumulation of obstacles that have obfuscated me from bringing my message to the public.”
Paterson insisted that he would not resign and said he would serve out his term “fighting for the state of New York.”
And he said he would be vindicated by the criminal investigation he called for into his administration’s handling of the abuse case.
Raising his right hand beside his wife, Michelle, he told a crowded press room: “I give you this personal oath. I have never abused my office. Not now, not ever. I believe that when the facts are reviewed, the truth will prevail.”
Paterson became governor in 2008, when former Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in a prostitution scandal. His decision to abandon the race paved the way for state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to make an unimpeded run for the Democratic nomination.

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