Paging David Paterson...

[mabfan]

You know what interests me about today's news? It's that should Eliot Spitzer resign, the next governor of New York would simultaneously be both the first African-American and first blind governor the state has had.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paterson

(Also see http://patersonfornewyork.com/ and http://www.ny.gov/governor/index-ltgov.html)

Comments

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

As of a few minutes ago, someone had already updated it to remove the word "Lieutenant" --- and someone else had reverted it, with the comment "undo -- leave this out until it happens".

I love Wikipedia sometimes.

[sdelmonte]

I didn't know that he was legally blind.

Then again, I had to look up his name as I had forgotten it (which is par for the course for this usually dead end job).

[rev69.livejournal.com]

Yes he is. I was at the inauguration 14 months ago and his family led him up to the podium for swearing in.

already made mention to one of my co-workers (an immigrant Ugandan) about that same pair of potential firsts.

[zachkessin.livejournal.com]

He would also be only the 3rd black gov. in the history of the USA, and it would be the first time that there were 2 at once.

[webfarmer.livejournal.com]

That would be an interesting development. Word is that Mr. Paterson has already called around asking for support presumably for a transfer of executive power. Might even give the Obama campaign an indirect boost because of the African-American angle.