Mario Cuomo
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You can campaign in poetry, but you must govern in prose.
To borrow a line from [former New York governor] Mario Cuomo, you’re going to see a lot of politicians choose to campaign in fiction, but we have to govern in fact
It’s a ridiculous way to look at the problem. And this is a political moment and you’re going to be seeing — just to borrow a line from Mario Cuomo — ‘you’re going to see a lot of politicians choose to campaign in fiction. But we have to govern in fact.’More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Foes campaign to block gambling in NY
Monday to block a constitutional amendment to allow casinos in New York -- invoking anti-gambling quotes from former Gov. Mario Cuomo , whose son, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo , is pushing to authorize seven new casinos across the state."Casino gambling doesn't generate Read more »
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Goldberg: Birth control agitprop
1984, Mario Cuomo pioneered the argument that one may be "personally opposed" to abortion, while supporting abortion rights.Ever since, this convenient locution has become a staple for countless Democratic politicians, particularly Catholic ones. It is Vice Read more »
Around the web
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The history of the 1990s, revised
Pretty much from the moment Barack Obama became the likely Democratic nominee four years ago, the right began creating a revisionist history of Bill Clinton’s presidency. When it actually played out in the 1990s, Republicans challenged Clinton’s legitima from Salon Read more »
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From Hope and Change to Pipe Hitting
the Obama campaign, version 2.0. If, as Mario Cuomo once said, you campaign in poetry and govern in prose, then running for reelection may be something akin to grunting at regular intervals. In 2008, Obamaland prided itself on rejecting such brass-knuckl from Commentary Read more »
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Under Gov. Cuomo’s rein
The Issue: Gov. Cuomo’s move to put the New York Racing Association temporarily under state control. *** Our governor is demonstrating the traits of his father: Mario Cuomo also had virtual disdain for horse racing and its storied traditions (“The Cuomo from New York Post Read more »
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Cuomo picks 2 to lead party
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has tapped a Harlem assemblyman and the first woman to serve as mayor of Syracuse to co-chair the Democratic State Committee as he extends his control over the party. The party announced the popular governor's picks Tuesday, ah from Albany Times-Union Read more »
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A new Cuomo, an old stunt
I've seen this movie before ... there's like a whole little deja vu going on for me," Gov. Andrew Cuomo quipped last month when asked by reporters whether he would run for president in 2016 — invoking the memory of constant speculation about Mario Cuomo' from Albany Times-Union Read more »
