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Monday, March 10, 2008

New Profile: David Paterson

We've just published a new profile of New York's lieutenant governor, David A. Paterson.

The current governor, Eliot Spitzer, hasn't said that he's stepping down. But you never know.

Paterson is an unusual guy: not only the first African-American lieutenant governor in state history, but also nearly blind since infancy. His dad, Basil Paterson, is also an old pol in New York and national Democratic circles.

Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 10:39 PM