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...York, Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo has surged in the polls after the recent endorsement by Republican New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. Still, he is threatened by Republican State Senator George Pataki, who led by as many as 10 points in the early weeks of the campaign...
...pundits said there would be exceptions like Kennedy, who will face his Republican opponent, Belmont entrepreneur W. Mitt Romney, in a critical televised debate tonight. All the panelists but Luntz also predicted that New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, would remain in office next year...
...Cuomo has focused on the tax cut's vagueness, calling it a "con job" and a "political fantasy." But without waiting for details, many voters have been far more critical of Cuomo's own, more modest $1.6 billion cut, seen as cynical from a man who could have proposed it long before the election (much like his last-minute scheme to lower state electricity rates by buying the huge Lilco utility). Says Lee Miringoff of Marist College, one of many pollsters who have chronicled a Pataki lead of about 44% to 40%: "Cuomo has a problem: he's running...
...Recently Cuomo received an endorsement from former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, which may mobilize black voters, a vital Cuomo constituency. In fact, Cuomo's wife Matilda has rather intemperately warned of "race riots" should he lose. Meanwhile, Cuomo has also profited from current Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's reluctance to endorse his fellow Republican; Giuliani apparently fears that the big tax cut may come at his city's expense...
...surprise move certain to infuriate G.O.P. bigwigs, Big Apple Mayor Rudolph Giuliani crossed party lines to endorse Democratic incumbent Mario Cuomo for Governor. Cuomo is running for his fourth term against Republican state senator George Pataki in a race that's too close to call. Both candidates had groveled for Giuliani's blessing. Today the mayor had harsh words for party colleague Pataki, who he said "personifies the status quo ... taking no risks and being guided, scripted and directed by others." The mayor had repeatedly said he was concerned that Pataki's plan to cut state income...