Word: mario
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Republican Chair Rich Bond, however, saw theNew York results as "a huge victory for PaulTsongas and a big setback for Bill Clinton." Bondcalled the election "a big win for thebroker-convention crowd," suggesting that othermajor Democrats like House Majority Leader RichardGerhardt of Missouri and New York Gov. Mario Cuomowere standing by, waiting to jump in the race...
...MARIO CUOMO (even) No second fiddle, especially in this band...
...even in a world of reduced threats Clinton must pass the threshold test: Can Americans trust him as Commander in Chief? Better, then, to lay some markers down early, especially when his critique and prescriptions are essentially centrist. There is also the possibility for an elegant piece of what Mario Cuomo calls "political jujitsu" -- stealing your opponent's thunder in an area he is perceived as owning...
...machine, or rather what's left of the Democratic organization that once ruled the city. Today there are many Democratic organizations in Chicago, and Clinton is favored by most. He won their backing because he was willing to play understudy. The pols who count in Chicago wanted Mario Cuomo. All Clinton asked was that they come his way if Cuomo chose not to run. "He gambled a bit, and it worked," says William Daley, a son of the late mayor and brother of the current...
...probusiness views), they sound like moderate Republicans, that nearly extinct species whose nostrums George Bush once championed. Tsongas enjoys a reputation as a hard-nosed economic truth teller, largely because he never tires of self-righteously describing himself in those terms. Clinton, on the other hand, suffers from what Mario Cuomo calls the "dumb-blond syndrome": If you're good-looking, you can't be smart. In fact, though, if deep-think and specifics attract you, Clinton is the more forceful and articulate...