Journeyman Governor Seeks Work

Bostonist's old pal Bill Weld is officially running for governor of New York, the Globe, Herald, and NY Times report today. Whether he can give New York's mighty pitbull of an Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, a run for his money remains to be seen, but that's really a matter for our good friends at Gothamist to ponder. We can offer kudos to Weld for resisting the siren song of the white house, which seems to be luring Republican governors from their jobs left and right these days. (Then again, he was deemed by some to be too liberal even to be ambassador to Mexico, so President might be a tall order.) If Weld does win (and we have our doubts), he would make a fun complement to New York City's mayor from Medford (to say nothing of the junior senator from Illinois and Massachusetts' current Michigander of a governor). Perhaps this carpetbagging trend will finally convince people to stop knocking Bostonist's home-town credentials (and clear the way for us to go after our dream job: mayor of Somerville).