Paterson blasts feuding Senate Democrats

The turmoil continues among Democrats trying to sort out leadership of New York’s vastly altered legislature.

Governor Paterson, also a Democrat, portrayed it as a sort of food-fight aboard the Titanic. Here’s the Albany Times-Union’s transcript of his comments:

What I would say is this is the time, if there’s any dispute, (that it should) be a dispute over who can govern better. But I’m not hearing that in these conversations.

I’m hearing who’s going to get a better deal, who’s going to get a better committee assignment. One of [the Gang of Four] said they want to be the Majority Leader.

Not the Republican or the Democrat, just them.

And I would say that this is the sort of superfluous type of selfishness that’s gotten us into this mess in the first place. Right now, we need serious people who are ready to address this budget deficit.