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On the recordJanuary 16, 2018
The late great Mario Cuomo famously said, we campaign in poetry, we govern in prose.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala references Cuomo's quote to highlight the challenges of fulfilling campaign promises.

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