On Big-Footing

Caught David Paterson on Meet The Press yesterday, and it was immediately clear why Barack Obama wants him out--not that it hasn't been for months. I don't think Paterson is a very good politician, at least not for the level he's playing on.

Still, the more I think on this, the more I think that it wasn't very smart to leak the story to the Times. No one likes to be embarrassed. Everyone likes to save face. I don't know why they needed to put Paterson on blast.

UPDATE: Video fixt. NBC changed their embedding. It's actually quite cool.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/09/on-big-footing/27338/