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...York Governor Mario Cuomo announced last February that he was not running for President, and he insists, time and again, that he has not changed his mind. Yet in the aftermath of Gary Hart's withdrawal from the field of Democratic candidates, Cuomo is registering as much as 32% support in the polls, while the only other Democrat on the horizon is Jesse Jackson. Cuomo has pooh-poohed this, saying the polls will change when the public gets to know the other candidates. Last week, however, Cuomo's words and actions had politicos wondering whether he was following a subtle...
Last Monday the Governor received an honorary degree at Grinnell College in Iowa, the state where the first presidential caucuses will be held next February. At a press conference afterward, Cuomo told reporters that his candidacy was a "fantasy." "Listen to me," he said. "Don't listen to the polls." Yet the non-candidate was less than categorical: he would not rule out the possibility of entering a primary...
...later reports surfaced that Vincent Tese, a wealthy Chicago supporter who has become Cuomo's director of economic development, was soliciting money for a Cuomo campaign. Actually, Tese was calling business leaders to meet with Cuomo about the Governor's proposed bipartisan committee to develop policies on such issues as the trade imbalance and Third World debt. Cuomo responded to the reports with jokes and denials. "If I wanted campaign money," he said, "I wouldn't have to send Vincent Tese out; I would go to Vincent Tese...
Bradley combines star quality from his basketball career with a reputation as a sober policy maven able to score points on complex issues like tax reform and international debt. Like Hart, he could occupy the "big think" niche while appealing to baby boomers. Cuomo, the old baseball player, hits oratorical home runs as he mixes traditional Democratic themes with odes to pragmatic governance. He has a following among Democratic ethnics in the North. Nunn, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is an acknowledged master of national security policy. His conservatism could win him bales of white votes...
Biden, though slow to rev his engines, rivals Hart in playing generational politics among baby boomers. He competes with Cuomo in the passionate-oratory department. Biden's field organization is still fledgling, but his ability to raise funds awes the competition. Dukakis, with his reputation as a successful Governor and his popularity in New Hampshire, comes across as a take-charge sort with potential. One Hart strategist argues that Dukakis, once he is better known, will attract many of Hart's former supporters...