[NEW YORK (CNN) -- In the first episode of the HBO drama] The Sopranos, ... This isn't going to work. I can't talk about my personal life.

Maybe they weren't punks at all, but New York drama critics.

The fact that Weld is the leading contender speaks volumes about the state of the New York GOP. How can there be no homegrown contender groomed and prepared to take on someone like Spitzer? The need for them to call on a former Governor of Massachusetts, a guy to the left of Pataki, when they know all too well that they are toast this time around if they don't field someone acceptable to conservatives is just amazing.

We used to do seven shows at day at the Capitol Theater in Washington and the Paramount in New York. The manager said you are doing the young crowd in the morning, the senior citizens in the afternoon, the engaged and married couples in the evening. And he said just sing good songs and everyone would like it. I stayed with that.

I would be surprised if there wasn't a registered traveler project up at one or all of the [New York] airports by September.

The core of where I've been and what I'm all about is from New York.