Alec Baldwin: Yes, I'll Run for NYC Mayor
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Mayor Baldwin?
It could happen. Alec Baldwin confirms that he'd love to run for Mayor of NYC in a new interview with the New York Times.
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But Baldwin, 53, says he can't run in the next 2013 election: He's under contract to shoot the next season of 30 Rock, which wraps in April 2012, with additional future appearance also slated. Plus, in fall 2012, he plans to enroll in a master's program in politics and government at a not-yet-chosen school to "help me better understand what the fiscal imperatives of that job are," he explains.
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He's got a lot to learn, the Emmy winner admitted to the Times. "What's the reality of the city unions, of contracts, agreements, teachers, infrastructure, decentralizing, everything? And utilities, Con Ed, the M.T.A. -- how does it all work?"
Baldwin has other changes afoot, too. The longtime resident of the Upper West Side ("It is more real. There's old people, it's ethnic and it's economically mixed.") tells the Times he's set to move downtown in order to be closer to his girlfriend Hilaria Thomas, a 27-year-old yoga teacher.
Is Baldwin worried that his own celebrity scandals -- his messy split with wife Kim Basinger, the infamous "pig" voicemail he left for daughter Ireland -- will hamper his mayoral race?
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"What I do for a living has provided people with an almost bottomless container of video clips of me doing the most asinine things," he admitted.
"I am someone who is fully prepared for the fact that I could go into this and do it and completely have my ass kicked," he added. "I could throw a party and no one could come. And it would be this staggering lesson for me."
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6Alec Baldwin has seen his better days as a celebrity, so he should just go away quietly. I don't think the voters of NYC are stupid enough to vote for this egotistical, big mouthed bully.
I'd vote for him.
I think this relationship is THE one for him. I am very happy for the two love birds and it sounds like she is already ruling the roost.. come on now .. how long could it possibly take to go uptown .. that he wouldnt spring some money for a cab? A little bossy â?? but he may like that, so then heâ??s made happy. So, she will replace Kim as the boss in that family .. so that is all good for all people who wanted to see Alec happy, healthy and alive long enough to find true love again. I hope Stephen can help put a good seal of approval on her and get this family to fall in love with this woman. But, it doesnt seem like she cares what people think about her â?? just look at her bio (black outfit) â?? with her hairy armpits showing .. totally in control of her life and doesnt care .. bravo to her!!
Great! I think he will do well!
What a tool? Maybe he can call all the kids of NYC "rude little pigs"
Is there no end to this man's ego? I certainly hope he wins so that he will see just how difficult it is to work with all the different groups that run a city. His ultra liberal views would be fun to see in practice. Plus, the experience he would bring from living in a foreign country during the Bush presidency would be helpful, too. Oh, now wait, he never left the country, did he?