Why is David Paterson so Arrogant?

When did our Un-Elected officials become so convinced of their right to be in power? David Paterson, the Governor of NY, became governor when Eliot Spitzer was caught buying Ashley Dupre's services. Specifically getting serviced by prostitute Ashley Dupre.
So David Paterson came into office without a single vote cast in his name.
And now he's done two things that are much worse than hiring a prostitute. First it came out that he used State Troopers and his power as governor to intimidate a woman into dropping charges against an aide. Then we learn that he used his power to secure free Yankees tickets, and then backdate a check and lie about it after it became clear he would be caught.
Both of these crimes are terrible abuses of authority. They are using his power as governor for personal gain, and using state agencies to help him silence a victim. Eliot Spitzer's crime, while it certainly was a crime, was that of a rich man buying sex. It was a private crime committed by a citizen. And I personally don't think it should be a crime because there is no victim but that's another story.
And now David Paterson won't step down and resign. I believe he's holding out so that if Attorney General Andrew Cuomo threatens prosecution he can use resigning as leverage. He can try to ask if they will let these crimes slide, if he's willing to resign.
Gov. Paterson thought that saying he would not run for reelection would be penitence enough for his abuses of power. Well guess what David, it's not. You never ran for election in the first place and have no mandate to be in power at all. So do the right thing and step down before you do something worse.