David Paterson

Gov. Martin O’Malley and New York Gov. David Paterson will be in Washington D.C. today to give an economic address to the National Press Club.

As a precursor to the speech, the two governors made a joint contribution in Thursday’s Washington Post.

Eliot Spitzer is just the latest in a long list of political sex scandals that goes back to the Continental Congress. Politicker.com has a list of America’s Top 53 Political Sex Scandals that includes prostitutes, sex with minors, strippers, extramarital affairs, massages, nude swim parties, and even a murder. #35 is from Maryland. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE LIST

If, as expected, New York’s Lieutenant Gov. David Paterson succeeds scandal-plagued Gov. Elliot Spitzer, he would become the fourth African American governor in American history, also making it the first time two served simultaneously.

This would leave Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (who is a New York native, by the way) as the only black lieutenant governor in the nation, like predecessor Republican Michael Steele during the final year of his tenure.

Prior to that, he served alongside Ohio Lt. Gov. Jeanette Bradley, another African American Republican.