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...Mario Cuomo had a choice when he addressed an audience of Miami Jews on Dec. 5. He could score with some cheap political rhetoric, or he could tell the complicated, nuance-laden truth. Cuomo chose the former. In a speech that pushed every pro-Israel button known to man, New York's Governor singled out the Arab states' economic boycott of Israel for special condemnation. The applause increased when Cuomo identified Japan as a particularly egregious and cowardly collaborator. "I was in Japan ((in October)), talking every day about the Arab boycott," said Cuomo. "You know what a difference...
...Cuomo, that gubernatorial bust...
George Herbert Walker Bush will never be able to claim the trendiest qualification for high office: childhood deprivation. It worked for Clarence Thomas. Mario Cuomo rattles on about it (the apartment-over-the-gr ocery-store bit). Tom Harkin now hopes to ride it to the White House...
...deflect it to the other guy. Besides, TV ads are too expensive to waste on reasoned debate over the economy and the homeless. The bipartisan conclusion: keep it short -- and mean. Dan Quayle has appointed himself the "pit bull" of Bush's campaign. G.O.P. insiders boast that if Mario Cuomo runs, they've already located his Willie Horton: Arthur Shawcross, an upstate New York child killer who went on to murder 10 women after he was paroled...
While any Democratic candidate could follow this electoral strategy, Republican campaign experts believe that Cuomo is especially well positioned to pursue it. First, they reason, Cuomo's name recognition offers him the chance to quickly close the stature gap with Bush. Second, Cuomo's fund- raising abilities are legendary, and it is estimated that about 25% of the $3.8 million in Cuomo's political-action committee could immediately be applied to a presidential race. Third, his experience as a state chief executive and his unmatched rhetorical skills ("Cuomo speaks poetry, while everyone else speaks prose," says Richard Nixon) guarantee that...