Online New York Observer Article Shows Paterson Concerned Obama Backer Will 'Laugh in my Face.'
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"As he greeted voters outside P.S. 175 in Harlem on Tuesday morning, Lt. Governor David was explaining how he thought Mr. Obama would win the district when an elderly woman app;roached him and asked who she should vote for.
"Mr. Paterson, a prominent Clinton surrogate - he was the guy directly behind her as she gave her concession speech in Iowa - hesitated."
'Uh, Hillary,' he offerd sheepishly.
"'Uh, O.K. All right,' the woman said, somewhat dismissively, as Mr. Paterson chuckled at his predicament.
"Asked afterward why he had hesitated, Mr. Paterson said he had been reluctant to try and sell Mrs. Clinton 'Because I knew that woman was going to laugh in my face as soon as I did it.'"
