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...week's meeting of the Democratic National Committee, where its chances are akin to Michael Dukakis' making a comeback. But Goldman's gambit highlights the distinction between his man Wilder (who has slashed spending rather than raise taxes in Virginia) and both the Democratic congressional budget negotiators and Mario Cuomo, who personally favors a federal tax hike for the most affluent Americans. "We have too many rubber stamps in Washington," says Goldman, striking a populist chord that Wilder may echo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Wilder Tax Ploy | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

Whatever the message, Democrats still lack messengers of national heft ready to take on Bush frontally. Until now, he looked too strong to make an early effort worthwhile, and several possible candidates, including Cuomo, are running for re-election this fall. Cuomo argues, "It's still too early to concentrate on individuals. Ideas, positions, programs are most important." Yet Cuomo reports that the Democrats' new hopes have prompted a couple of prospects, whom he won't name, to sound him out for possible support. "They are starting to let the word out," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Way Down? | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

Some party pros think a small nominating field would be ideal for Cuomo, with his national recognition and capacity to raise money. Says pollster Harrison Hickman: "He could be the Democratic pope, arguing points of fundamental theology directly with Bush." Whichever Democrats decide to go for it after November, their efforts will seem less suicidal than conventional wisdom had it for 18 months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Way Down? | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...MARIO CUOMO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Small Step for a Man Trophy | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...York Governor signed a bill restricting "dwarf tossing" and "dwarf bowling." In tossing, a consenting and harnessed dwarf is hurled toward a mattress; bowling entails a dwarf's being strapped to a skateboard and rolled at a set of pins. Cuomo called these diversions "strange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Small Step for a Man Trophy | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

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