Mario Cuomo - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Mario Cuomo Index / People Transcripts David Axelrod ...But I had been in the hall in 1984 when Mario Cuomo spoke to the Democratic Convention i... ...And I saw how that speech transformed Mario Cuomo . He was a little-known governor fro... ...was a Rubik's Cube from the beginning. Mario Cuomo once said, “You campaign in poetry an... ...time.” I had been in the audience when Mario Cuomo made his speech in 1984 in Sa... Gregory Craig ...looking for—I told him the story about Mario Cuomo , that the idea of having a rea... ...consider, if we could find another Mario Cuomo , of that kind. I can't remembe... Samantha Power ...out, and felt—learned, of course, from Mario Cuomo , and all the stories of people wh... Pete Rouse ...of this quote, I think going back to Mario Cuomo , whoever said it—that campaigning i... Carolyn Britton ...that. My second moment was meeting with Mario Cuomo [laughs]. It was the head of the—we ha... Al Sharpton ...for office a few times; very close to Mario Cuomo and Andrew Cuomo. He said that Bil... ...Out of nowhere. What we couldn't get Mario Cuomo to do, Andrew Cuomo did. You never kno... Related Topics go to the Middle East and North Africa Middle East and North Africa go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Human Rights Human Rights go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation go to the East Wing East Wing