Governor Paterson and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo were both in Buffalo Wednesday for the state's democratic committee meeting. Our Jennifer Bernstein has more on the underlying tension between the two and the day's events.

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"We are going to have to restore the trust in Albany and that is not going to be easy because we have done damage there," Cuomo said.

In a speech that focused on government and not on the law he's charged with upholding, Cuomo touted his record. Taxes. Government consolidation. Words that sounded like a speech made by a gubernatorial candidate.

"This is going to be a process of change and whenever you change, you run into opposition because there are forces that are vested in the status quo," Cuomo said.

"I don't think it's a secret to anyone that the Attorney General is considering a run for governor. And so that really wasn't a surprise. Certainly there is some underlying tension between the Attorney General and the Governor," said democratic analyst Jack O'Donnell.

The two crossed paths briefly at Wednesday's event in downtown Buffalo.

"You know, there is an old expression that you don't try to talk about the elephant in the room," Governor Paterson said.

Paterson addressed recent calls for him to drop out of the race during his speech later in the afternoon.

"If I was just thinking about being Governor, it's likely I wouldn't have made a lot of those decisions. But I wanted to do what was right for the State of New York," Paterson said.

A rally cry Paterson made loud and clear to his party.

"Fellow democrats, I am running for Governor of the State of New York," he said.

Cuomo's running next year too. He says he'll seek a second term as Attorney General, even if his sign doesn't spell it out.

"We didn't want to pay for the extra letters," Cuomo said.