Former Assemblyman John Faso, the frontrunner for the Conservative Party nomination for governor and a contender for the Republican nomination, starts a six-week span this week in which he will lay out key policy proposals. According to an email his campaign has sent to supporters:

Over the next six weeks, John will be outlining his vision for New York as the next Governor in a series of speeches throughout the state. The first of these appearances will be at the Annual Small Business Day convention (this) week in Albany. The event is sponsored by the Chamber Alliance of New York State and the National Federation of Independent Business.

While Faso has made a few public appearances since he formally announced his run for governor, he has now set out a six-week roadmap to shake up the governor's race and give himself a shot at defeating GOP frontrunner William Weld. He also has, essentially, six weeks to convince former Sen. Al D'Amato to back his candidacy rather than Eliot Spitzer's - an area where the once and would-be kingmaker D'Amato is still rather undecided, according to yesterday's piece in The New York Times.

If nothing else, Faso enters this six-week period with the momentum of having The Wall Street Journal singing his praises.

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