re: #621 BryanS

Slightly OT, but there is a race angle—at least as reported by Reuters (via Drudge):

UPDATE 1-New York Governor Paterson says he’s still running

I love it when the Dems eat their own. Patterson didn’t play obedient servant to Obama’s pressure to name Caroline Kennedy to replace Clinton. I’m guessing they haven’t liked each other since then.

Where’s the race angle in this article? The only mention of race is made by the article’s author, who claims that 0bama’s request that Patterson step aside is sensitive, in part, because he’s one of only two black governors. But it doesn’t say that this concern has come up at all among the principles - only that it came up at Reuters.

In a nutshell, Patterson is in serious trouble, and the fear is that his coattails will drag other Democrats down with him. I don’t see any suggestion that there’s a racial component involved.