Talk:William Weld

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There is nothing here about the circumstances surrounding his resignation as Assistant U.S. Attorney General in 1988. I think It had something to do with Attorney General Ed Meese’s politicization of the agency.

The idea that Weld has "embarrassed" supporters and has failed to garner support seems overly broad and judgmental for an encyclopedia. Did Fasso's people write that line? (under NY Governor's race)

[edit] Clinton not Hillary

I changed the reference from "Hillary would easily beat him" to "Clinton would easily beat him." It's more respectful to use her last name, especially considering that all other short references to people in this article use the last name.

[edit] Weld's Record

Hi--I think the stats under Weld's record as governor were relevant to this page--especially that they're backed by credible sources like Boston Globe. George55 23:56, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Weld, Hillary Clinton, and the Roosevelts

If as the article says Weld worked on the House Judiciary Committee during the Nixon impeachment hearings then he probably worked with, or at least worked in the same place with and at the same time as, Hillary Clinton, who was there too. This might be worth mentioning in the context of the possibility of Weld's running against Clinton in 2006. This could also be mentioned in the context of Weld's having defeated Mark Roosevelt for governor of Massachusetts, because as noted in the article about him, Mark Roosevelt was related to Weld via Weld's then-wife, Susan Roosevelt. The exact nature of Mark's relationship to Susan is not mentioned; however, their respective articles say that both were great-grandchildren of President Theodore Roosevelt, which means they are either siblings (doubtful, because if Weld had run against his brother-in-law I think we would have heard about it) or second cousins.