Who is going to run against Tom Menino? Mike Flaherty, Ralph Martin, Rob Consalvo and others have said they would like the job but if they're smart, they'll wait for Menino to leave. Beating him will be tough. So how long will they have to wait?

"I haven't finished my job yet," Menino said, seated in the dark wood-paneled office he has occupied since July 12, 1993. The mayor, who turns 65 this year, said age is not a factor.

"How old was Reagan," he said, referring to President Ronald Reagan, who was 77 when he left the White House in 1989.

At that rate they'll have to wait until the 2017 election -at least.