Menino Says He's Still Up For Being Mayor, Hints to Running Again

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino says that he is still able to do the job he was elected to do, and he hasn't ruled out seeking reelection in 2013.

In an interview with the New York Times, Menino spoke while working out at the Spaulding Rehab Center,  “My attitude is this. I’ve run for mayor five times now and I’ve won all five times.”

“How I explain this is, people have to have faith in you. That’s the key to this whole thing. That was Mitt Romney’s problem — people didn’t believe in him.”

When asked whether he thought if he could make people believe in him, and support him after a long hospitalization. 

“Watch me!” said Menino.

Menino has been hospitalized since October 26 after returning early from an anniversary trip with his wife in Italy. He was diagnosed with a viral infection, and it was found he had a blood clot in his leg, then a back fracture was found during his stay. He was then transferred to Spaulding Rehab on Nov. 26, during which time his doctor at Brigham and Women's Hospital revealed Menino had been diagnosed with Type-2 Diabetes, too.