NY Gov. Paterson withholding Congressional seat. Is Obama bartering yet another job after trying to get Paterson to quit?

NY Times, 9/19/09, "Obama asks Paterson to quit NY Governor race."

• Paterson refused to quit, but now he's doing Obama a favor by holding back a congressional seat.

• 6/5/10: "What is more tragic is that their unelected Democrat governor, David Paterson, is waging a

legal battle to deny these residents (NY 29) their constitutional right to representation in the U.S. Congress. While other vacant congressional seats in states like Hawaii and Pennsylvania have since been filled by special elections, Governor Paterson intends to dither on NY-29's special election until the November elections.

• Paterson had little hesitation in calling speedy elections to replace vacancies for the 20^th and 23^rd districts,

but then, Democrats had something to gain in those elections. Now Paterson has cited the state's fiscal troubles as the excuse for his planned delay in holding a special election.

• It proves a poor explanation for why the governor is so ardently spending state money to fight a legal battle against a lawsuit brought by local Republican and Democrat
  
• residents who are hoping to force a speedy special election and reclaim their voice in Washington. "...American Thinker, 6/5, S. Foster

(When Obama told Paterson to quit, I remember thinking, wow, Paterson must have refused to jump into Soros' pocket (Soros is well embedded in NYC and NYS government). Obama comes into a state and bosses a democrat around who isn't even running for congress. As bad as Paterson is, Obama's choice would be worse. Obama has brought such hope and change the citizens of NY have to sue the governor). ed.