Weld Defends Johnson, Drops Hint of Future Endorsement

by Josh Guckert

Speaking to Emerson College and The Boston Globe Thursday, Libertarian vice presidential nominee William Weld defended his running mate Gary Johnson for his supposed “gaffe” on Aleppo. Weld said it was not “that bad” and that the moment has been seized upon by “hystericists.” Said the Libertarian:

You do occasionally blank…Probably 85 percent of the people in the country couldn’t put Aleppo on a map, so I’m not sure the consequence of the slip is going to be lasting at all.

Talk soon shifted toward Mitt Romney, who on Wednesday tweeted that he would like to see the Libertarians in the presidential debates. Weld stated that he and Romney met “about a month ago” at Romney’s New Hampshire home. The Libertarian vice presidential candidate stated that he believes he and Johnson’s chances of making the debates are better than fifty percent.

However, perhaps most interesting is the final sentence of The Boston Globe‘s story, which states:

In a subsequent interview with the Globe, Weld said he expected the endorsement of a “household name” from the world of politics by next Monday or Tuesday.

This is fairly major news. Could Romney finally endorse the Libertarian ticket, or could another significant current or former politician make such a pronouncement? Only time will tell.