Well, it appears Former Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner is not giving up public service.
This time, Weiner has declared he's running for Mayor of New York. It seems almost certain that the NYC Mayoral Race will give the Democrats a perfect opportunity to lead New York after many years of Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg. I can only imagine this will become a competitive race.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Anthony Weiner officially kicked off his New York mayoral campaign late Tuesday with a video announcement posted to YouTube.
The former New York congressman resigned in 2011 after posting a lewd photo of himself on Twitter. Weiner-- who is married to former top aide to Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin, with whom he now has a son-- lied and said his account had been hacked. He later admitted to sending inappropriate online messages to six women.
Since his resignation, Weiner had remained largely out of the spotlight until last month, when in a New York Times Magazine profile, he didn't rule out the possibility of running again for mayor of New York City. He launched a campaign in 2005, but later dropped out.
Weiner addresses the scandal directly in the first official message of his campaign, and makes an appeal for a second chance. "Look, I made some big mistakes. And I know I let a lot of people down. But I've also learned some tough lessons," he says.
Weiner's campaign website is already up and ready to go. Introductory campaign ad below:
Website: http://www.anthonyweiner.com/
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I don't want to say much for this diary. I'll just let you New Yorkers chat away and exchange thoughts.