Gov. Paterson written off by experts, pols as he fends off rumors of sexual, political scandal (New York Daily News)

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BY Kenneth Lovett
DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF

February 9th 2010

ALBANY - A chaotic Capitol plunged to new lows Monday as Gov. Paterson was forced to swat down "callous and sleazy" speculation he's quitting amid personal and political scandal.

The pushback capped a remarkable few days in which an apparently orchestrated rumor mill about the gov's drug use and womanizing reached a fever pitch, peaking with blogs claiming his resignation was imminent.

An increasingly beleaguered Paterson scrambled yesterday to pick up the pieces of his political world as it crumbled around him.

"For the last couple of weeks I have been the subject of what, even by Albany standards, has been a spate of outrageous rumors about me," Paterson told The Associated Press.

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