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...time. Was his failure to do so deliberately designed to show his frustration with what he perceived as Jackson's perpetual grandstanding? More likely it was that the Dukakis inner circle did not want to give the image of kowtowing to Jackson. But Jackson, as Mario Cuomo points out, "is not like the other defeated candidates. Nobody has an influence with 7 million voters like his influence with his people. Why must Dukakis treat him differently? Dukakis doesn't have to -- unless he wants to win. Without Jackson's vote, there is no victory...
Especially a mystery, one would think, to Michael. Stelian was the only other Greek boy who had grown up in the same circumstances. Michael had no Greek kids in the neighborhood, peers or rivals, to compare himself with -- as Mario Cuomo, for instance, had a swarm of Italian friends to gauge himself against. In Michael's formative early years, there was not only monos mou but also oi thyo mas ("we two"). When Stelian, the soft one, went under, Michael, the quicker one, must have made something of that. But we cannot know what -- he is quietly respectful...
Consolation prizes. Unless Jackson really wants a Cabinet job in a Dukakis Administration, Mario Cuomo is one leading Democrat who believes such a post would be too restrictive for Jackson's wide-ranging talents. Explains the New York Governor: "I'd rather see him free to move around and be involved in a whole series of issues." As for Dukakis' choice of a running mate, Cuomo notes, "I would not have chosen Bentsen. But now that he made that choice and you see the reaction, you say to yourself, 'The Dukakis people are smarter than I thought.' Dukakis is showing...
...midnight, after the convention sessions closed, most delegates and attendees were to be found at the enormous parties thrown every night by and for big names. For instance, on Monday New York Gov. Mario Cuomo threw a party for his and the Massachusetts delegates complete with Nathan's hotdogs and Steve's ice cream bars, and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young gave an elegant invitation-only party...
Caprio says one of the convention highlights for him came when he met New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo. Cuomo, surrounded by supporters and reporters, turned to greet Caprio when the delegate shouted an affectionate Italian word for "friend." Caprio says the governor "turned around instinctively" and visited with him for a few moments...