WHO SAID SO?

“The only way I’m not going to be governor next year is at the ballot box, and the only way that I will be leaving the office before is in a box.”

New York Gov. David Paterson

In remarks defying calls from even fellow Democrats to drop out of the race for a full term after several days of rumors sweeping the state Capitol about carousing in the governor’s mansion.

“It’s embarrassing that the world’s largest superpower closes from a few feet of snow. The Kremlin must be laughing.”

Alex Krause of Los Angeles

Who was stranded in Washington, D.C., in comments about the federal government being largely shut down since Friday afternoon, when a storm began dumping up to 3 feet of snow in some parts of the region.

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