Manhattan Adult Entertainment: Paterson calls a halt to race for governor
But Rick Lazio, the Republican’s Party’s likely candidate, who had been looking forward to running against a weakened Paterson, said Cuomo now needs to stop hiding and start answering questions about the state’s problems.
“Let the campaign begin,” said Lazio, a former GOP congressman from Long Island.
Waiting in the wings, to run possibly against Cuomo or Lazio, is Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, a conservative Democrat.
“Andrew Cuomo will be our nominee,” said state Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs, who dismissed Levy as without the “wherewithal or credentials” to challenge Cuomo.
For Paterson, Friday was a far cry from the day in March 2008 when he suddenly found himself being told by aides that the then governor, Eliot Spitzer, had just been caught up in a prostitution scandal and was preparing to resign.
See the full article from “Buffalo News”