New York AG Eliot Spitzer is running for governor and he has a blog. His entry confirming his candidacy was met by some pretty funny comments on everything from his position on the Iraq war to his grammar.

Spitzer says:

One of the keys to solving the problems of New York is to make state government more responsive and accountable. Right now, New York government is all about partisanship and gridlock. We're not doing the things we need to do to generate good paying jobs, safe neighborhoods and excellent schools. The system is broken. The state is facing a crisis.

I want to fix what's broken.

Granted, he still has 23 months until Election Day 2006. But if he's talking about eliminating gridlock, good luck. The New York Legislature has the same type of Incumbent Protection Plan as Congress, with Republicans controlling the Senate and Democrats controlling the Assembly. Budgets are late every year, the word "reform" is a punchline and sexual predators have been given open entry into the highest levels of government in Albany.

If Spitzer can be anywhere near as frank in his discussion of state government as he has been about Wall Street, it would be a good start. He has 23 months to make his case.