PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:

Shot: David Paterson says [Cynthia] Nixon needs to ‘prove that she can govern.’

—The New York Post, today.

Chaser:

“I think that even a number of people around the country who do not vote for Senator Obama will notice, should he win, what an extraordinary moment this is in American history,” Mr. Paterson said. “If you’re a woman, if you’re Hispanic, if you’re disabled, if you are elderly, whoever you are, you kind of know that your chances to succeed in your endeavor have to be better if Barack Obama wins the presidency. And for those who don’t succeed there are now fewer excuses.”

—The New York Times, November 4, 2008.