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...MARIO CUOMO (even) No second fiddle, especially in this band...
...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...
STAYING ALIVE. For all the talk that the New Hampshire vote would cut down the field -- or be so fractured that party power brokers could lure a big-name contender into the fray -- it remains a five-man race. Despite nudges and nods from Albany, the overhyped Mario Cuomo write-in campaign (4%) drooped as badly as New York State's credit rating. Clinton's resurrection was enough to scare off potential candidates like Congressman Richard Gephardt and Senator Lloyd Bentsen. The message from New Hampshire was an unequivocal one: "No guts, no glory...
...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...
...Peebles' groundbreaking work lives on in the films of today's Black directors. John Singleton (Boyz-n-the Hood), Mario Van Peebles (son of Melvin and director of New Jack City) and Lee have all cited Van Peebles as an early influence...