David Paterson launched his campaign for a full four-year term as New York’s governor Saturday with a combative campaign speech that mocked recent reports about his job performance and personal life.
“After all you have heard, there’s one rumor I will confirm, I am running for governor this year,” Paterson said to a crowd of about 400 at Hofstra University. “They haven’t knocked us down yet and they never will.”
For two weeks, aides have been wrestling unsubstantiated rumors about the governor’s personal life and in the past week publicly criticized a lengthy New York Times profile that portrayed Paterson as distracted and disengaged.
Conceding he’s had a “difficult past few weeks,” Paterson said he intends to press ahead.
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