He's all yours, New York

Given his noted distaste for hard work, John wonders about Bill Weld's sudden interest in running for governor - of New York:

... What does his wanting the position say about the demands of the job?

If Weld runs for governor of New York, could Paul Cellucci run for premier of Ontario?

Tim wonders whatever happened to the robust Bill Weld of yore, the one who once seemed to be positioned for a run for president:

... I don't know if the death of Weld's idol Jerry Garcia in August 1995 was the catalyst, but that is about when Weld seems to have diverted from his career aspirations. Instead of positioning himself to run for president in 2000, as many believed he would, he decided to run for U.S. Senate in 1996 against John Kerry, who was admittedly beatable, except that Republicans were weakened nationally with Bob Dole as the nominee giving Bill Clinton long coattails. ...