How SF speech put Mario Cuomo on the national map

By John WildermuthUpdated 10:26am, Saturday, January 3, 2015

gallery_thumbnails_show|article-gallery-5990924|article-gallery-5990924|0

gallery_overlay_open|article-gallery-5990924|article-gallery-5990924|0

gallery_overlay_open_thumbs|article-gallery-5990924|article-gallery-5990924|0

Photo: Associated PressN.Y. Gov. Mario Cuomo acknowledges the delegates after his rousing keynote speech slamming President Ronald Reagan at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco in 1984. Photo: JACK MANNING / New York TimesMarie La Guardia, widow of N.Y. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, places one of his trademark hats on Mario Cuomo in 1977. Photo: WILLIAM E. SAURO / New York TimesFILE Andrew Cuomo, right, with Mario Cuomo, during his fathers first campaign for governor of New York, Sept. 24, 1982. Just weeks before his own re-election is before voters, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will release a memoir, All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life,

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/How-S-F-speech-put-Mario-Cuomo-on-the-national-5990924.php