The Accidental Governor Plays Race Card For Low Polling

Gov. David Paterson needs a reality check. His low polling has absolutely nothing to do with the color of his skin.

It has everything to do with his failures as governor.

Yet, he's busy complaining that he's not doing well in polls because he's black.

Speaking on a morning radio show hosted by Daily News columnist Errol Louis, an angry Paterson blamed the white-dominated media for pushing him to step aside next year.

"The whole idea is to get me not to run in the primary," he said. Paterson complained there are not enough "black" media outlets to counteract the push.

And he suggested that Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the country's only other African-American governor, also is under fire because of his race.

"We're not in the post-racial period," Paterson said.

"The reality is the next victim on the list, and you can see it coming, is President Barack Obama, who did nothing more than trying to reform a health care system."

"My feeling is it's being orchestrated, it's a game, and people who pay attention know that," he said.

"We have a media that doesn't report the news. We have a media that wants to make the news."

Paterson is right about that last part - the media does want to make the news, as I noted in the previous posting.

These politicians are being attacked because of their failed policies (or lack of any policy) as is the case with Gov. Paterson, who is the accidental governor and unelected to office.