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Clinton has raised more than a few eyebrows by campaigning first as a centrist -- when he expected his principal opposition for the Democratic nomination to come from the liberal Mario Cuomo -- and then as a more traditional liberal, when he lost New Hampshire to Tsongas' attack from the right. Actually, these switches amounted to little more than the tactical shifts between what to emphasize and what to downplay that all politicians make and that are fairly legitimate, so long as they do not involve switches in actual positions -- which Clinton generally has not made. Even so, he has opened himself...
...food fight last Tuesday, Republican Party chairman Rich Bond gleefully recalled Jerry Brown's characterization of Clinton as "the prince of sleaze." They've "got them all on tape," says Bond. "Paul Tsongas calling Clinton a 'Pander Bear'; Ed Koch saying, 'It happens that Bill Clinton has no credibility'; Mario Cuomo calling Clinton's middle-class tax cut 'a joke.' We've got 'em, and you'll be seeing 'em. It ain't gonna be pretty...
...least initially, Clinton also confronted the ominous silence of Governor Mario Cuomo, who professed neutrality the way a cobra claims no interest in a passing mouse. Clinton, after all, called Cuomo a "mean son of a bitch" in the now famous taped telephone conversation with Gennifer Flowers. Cuomo is a man who holds a grudge, and it was no surprise when he and Brown had their picture taken together nine critical days before he met with Clinton. After meeting Clinton in Albany at week's end, however, Cuomo not only said their differences had been buried but paired glowing praise...
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...
...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...