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    Paterson's ratings improve among African-Americans

     Gov. David A. Paterson has boosted his standing with African-American voters, his political base. This rally to the state’s first black  chief executive could hypothetically help head off a primary challenge next year from state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo or others.

        For the second month in a row, about 58 percent of African Americans viewed Paterson...

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Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player?

  • Ex-Sen. Joe Bruno saying, “I never ever used politics to make money."
  • Legis Diane Yatauro moving to fill a supposedly bipartisan-picked post.
  • Legis. Peter Schmitt attacking Yatauro's move as "dumb" as well as her response to him.