Former New York governor David Paterson called in to Don Imus‘ show, broadcast on Fox Business Network, and discussed new governor Andrew Cuomo‘s success as well as his own relationship with Eliot Spitzer, the man whose job he replaced after Spitzer was caught in… you know. That whole unpleasantness.

Hard to believe, but there is a name for a talk show that’s more ungainly and unimaginative than “Parker/Spitzer.” In a sketch that played on the recent rumors of strife surrounded the poorly rated CNN show, SNL aired a segment depicting Eliot Spitzer‘s hypothetical search for a new co-anchor: “Parker/Amanpour,” “Parker/Klum” and “Parker/Paterson” are all tested as possible candidates.

In New York City, NY1 is the city’s respected local news channel and it’s premiere show, Inside City Hall often gets national politicians as guests. Yet the “Political Rundown,” a wacky weekly segment featuring radio personality Curtis Sliwa and political commentator Gerson Borrero seems like it would be more fitting on a morning zoo radio show than a distinguished political program. Although some of the topics discussed are local to New York, the craziness can be universally enjoyed.

On the final Saturday Night Live bOn the final Saturday Night Live before Christmas, Seth Meyers knew he had to end Weekend Update with a bang. So he found three, culled from all over the state: Princess of Poughkeepsie Snooki, NYC gadabout Stefon, New York Governor David Paterson. They gathered ’round the camera to sing “O Christmas Tree”—oh, how they sang it.efore Christmas, Seth Meyers knew he had to end this edition of Weekend Update with a bang. So he found three, culled from all over the state: Princess of Poughkeepsie Snooki, NYC gadabout Stefon, New York Governor David Paterson. They gathered ’round the camera to sing “O Christmas Tree”—oh, how they sang it.

So what is next for Gov. David Paterson? So many former politicians have landed on cable TV following their departure (ignominious or otherwise) from office can we expect the same from the Gov who a few weeks ago charmed the SNL Weekend Update crew?

New York Governor David Paterson may have proved last night that laughter is the best revenge. Paterson make a surprise appearance during last night’s Weekend Update to confront fake David Paterson (played by Fred Armisen). When Armisen debuted his Paterson last year he came under fire from many, including Paterson, for mocking the disabled. Paterson, however, had the last laugh last night while also proving he could take a joke.

New York Gov. David Paterson, after all those supposed bombshells in the New York Times earlier this year, found himself mostly out of the news lately except for a World Series ticket flap here and Park 51 news item there. Unluckily for him and luckily for those who like unfortunate televised slip-ups, though, that just changed.

As the Gen. Stanley McChrystal story continues to evolve one of the questions will inevitably be…what happens next?

Will the lengthy Rolling Stone profile signal his downfall, or will he survive to see another day. Let’s take a look five recent career-threatening profiles or interviews, and whether the subjects were able to keep their job?

Welcome back David Paterson! Paterson sort of managed to slip out of the headlines a few weeks back thanks to one Erica Massa. And then stay out of them thanks in part to the deluge of health care bill headlines. But the ever-intrepid New York Times has just pubbed another piece on the Gov. today and it’s not great. But does it matter?

Governor Paterson’s favorite person in New York these days is probably Hiram Monserrate, the former New York State Senator whose political path has gone…awry. A few weeks ago, the Times’ J. David Goodman looked at Monserrate’s 2008 campaign website, which was still allowing comments. (The comments he was receiving were not particularly flattering.) In the piece, Goodman asked an interesting question: How many orphaned campaign sites litter the Internet? That, of course, was a challenge.

Two weeks ago, The New York Times released three separate damning articles, including two about aide David W. Johnson who was described as “omnipresent” in the governor’s circle, and has had three separate altercations with women, two of which lead to police calls. And if you thought Johnson was just a misogynistic fluke, wait till you meet Paterson’s Special Assistant Clemmie L. Harris.

Former John Edwards aide and faux-baby-daddy-for-hire Andrew Young was handed a relatively stiff sentence today, as a judge ordered he and his wife to be jailed for contempt for up to 75 days. At issue is Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones’ suspicion that the Youngs have failed to turn over all copies of an alleged sex tape featuring Edwards and mistress Rielle Hunter.

We wrote yesterday about Dan Rather and the tricky language associated with race.

Well there’s no tricky language here – just a blatantly racist comment by radio host Rush Limbaugh, using a play on words between embattled former Rep. Eric Massa and the offensive slang term “massuh.”

Last night Beck, and his pipe, took a moment to weigh in on the NYT coverage of David Paterson. The short version is that the New York Times, and by extension, the Democratic Machine, is being overly hard on poor Gov. Paterson. This in stark difference to Charlie Rangel. But why?

Juan Williams was on Morning Edition this morning and was asked by Steve Inskeep whether he felt race played a factor involved when it came to the predicaments of either Charlie Rangel or David Paterson. Answer: No. But also? It’s far more complicated than that. For everyone involved.

This is a well-timed profile. Time has a piece on Eliot Spitzer in their upcoming issue and while they couldn’t have known at the time (about a month ago) what a total disaster New York State politics would be when the issue hit stands, it’s hard not to read it and get the sense that making another run for office is in the back of his head…or considering this week’s relentless news, perhaps in the front of it!

Here’s an interesting take on the current David Paterson saga (and honestly…this has become the definition of a saga) from Ben Smith at Politico. Short version: David Paterson is to Eliot Spitzer what Sarah Palin was to John McCain. Except that New York State would be much luckier to have Palin.

At this point it’s really tempting fate to ask what else could go wrong with New York State politics. Just now Rep. Charlie Rangel announced he was ‘temporarily’ stepping down as chairman of the Ways and Means committee. Yesterday, Mort Zuckerman, who was rumored to have pushed Harold Ford out of his run for Senate dropped out of the race. And then there is David Paterson. Oh David Paterson.

Ashley Dupre may not be the only big winner of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal. The madam that helped set the governor up with prostitutes for five years, Kristin Davis, is now running for the state’s top executive job herself as a right-leaning independent.

The New York Times‘ ongoing blockbuster investigation of our beleaguered governor is less a blockbuster at this point than the political equivalent of the Friday The 13th franchise, with each installment gorier than the last. Today’s story however, may be the final nail in the coffin. Perhaps now might be a good time to brush up on New York State’s governor succession rules. It ain’t pretty, by the way.

Add another governor scalp to the New York Times‘ belt. A, dare we say, dignified Gov. David Paterson just confirmed at a short press conference that he was ending his bid for election due to an “accumulation of obstacles” presumably a (actually surprisingly unbitter) reference to a series of damaging articles the New York Times [...]

The New York Post with an actual Paterson scoop? The paper is reporting that beleagured Gov. David Paterson will announce he’s not be seeking reelection at 11:30 this morning.

The New York City tabloids are in agreement. Get ye gone David Paterson. Nothing brings batting media empires together like a politician on the rocks. It’s hard not to wonder whether they’ve had various versions of this front page under wraps for the last couple of weeks as they bided their “bombshell” time.

Does today mark the end of Gov. David Paterson’s political career? Let’s just say I think these latest stories (all from today!) can reasonably be considered bombshells. They’ve been featured prominently on the homepage all day. Each worse than the last. Actually, it may be more accurate to say the NYT has carpet-bombed the Gov., so to speak. A summary after the jump.

Wow. Well Gov. David Paterson may be starting to wish that the New York Times had simply published a bombshell story about him as opposed to the three increasingly questionable stories that have hit the front page of the paper over the course of the last eight days. Today’s is a doozy.