There have only been 7 Governors who have served in New York in my lifetime. Ironically two of them have served in the last 3 years. Although Nelson Rockefeller did not complete his final term and resigned before it, the resignation was not in disgrace or involving a scandal. Rockefeller served this state as Governor for 15 years. He went on to serve as Vice President under Gerald Ford the following year in 1974.
This was followed by a democrat Huge Carey who served for 8 years and then Mario Cuomo and George Pataki both serving 12 years.
Then along came Spitzer and the unelected Patterson. Patterson started out his term by admitting to numerous infidelities and took office in what many felt was a rather high handed manner for someone who was not elected by the people. Patterson's arrogance is second only to his clear inability to govern. As the Daily News article so aptly put it, He's not up to the job. He must get out.
The state senate is in chaos with the democrats in "control" there must be a leader in the governor's seat to help control the mess in Albany. The first step in the clean up is to get this governor to resign. What we do know about Ravich is that he has been called in to help governors in the past. If ever there was a governor in need of help it is Patterson, let's help him leave. Quickly.
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