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Both candidates support a woman's right to abortion--Weld unequivocally and Silber on the "Cuomo Principle," personally opposed, but in favor of the legal right to choose...

Author: By Kristine M. Zaleskas, | Title: Silber for Governor | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

Then there is New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, a possible presidential candidate in 1992. In his keynote address at the 1984 Democratic convention, he came closer than anyone since to outlining a consistent philosophy for the Democrats. Cuomo described America as a family a family that grieves and lends help when one of its members is sick or in trouble...

Author: By Jason M. Solomon, | Title: America Needs Another Huey Long | 10/20/1990 | See Source »

Right now, though, Cuomo is busy with his re-election bid and seems unwilling to risk alienating New York voters by focusing on national issues while running for state office. Even before his campaign, Cuomo was always careful not to say too much about national affairs, lest he sound too much like a possible presidential candidate or something...

Author: By Jason M. Solomon, | Title: America Needs Another Huey Long | 10/20/1990 | See Source »

...judges go so far as to argue that their high courts are better instruments of democracy than the federal bench because voters can remove state judges and can amend state constitutions more easily than they can change the federal charter. But even some liberals, including New York Governor Mario Cuomo, are uneasy about the revival of state judicial influence. They see it as a warning sign that the federal system as a whole has abdicated responsibility for setting national standards of justice. Declared Cuomo: "I do not believe the fundamental liberties and rights of members of our national community should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: One Nation, Very Divisible | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

...sense of community and making a lie of its principles. But having been left behind by a decade of political shortcuts, child advocates have < adopted a more practical strategy. "If compassion were not enough to encourage our attention to the plight of our children," declares New York Governor Mario Cuomo, "self-interest should be." Marian Wright Edelman, the crusading founder of the Children's Defense Fund, goes further. "The inattention to children by our society," she warns, "poses a greater threat to our safety, harmony and productivity than any external enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shameful Bequests to The Next Generation | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

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