Now that the scandal with former Governor Eliot Spitzer has pretty much blown over, I was hoping we would get a break from having to listen to discussions about unfaithful, adulterous politicians and the spouses who put up with them.

Unfortunately, I was only half right. On Monday, David Paterson was sworn into office as the first African American governor in New York, and the state’s first governor to be legally blind as well. With so many interesting facets for the media to pick up on, I was thinking extra-marital affairs would be pretty far down on the list for things to talk about.