the beltway lost its mind in 1994 when tom foley lost his seat when he was speaker of the house. did anybody cry? we don t know. benefit of the doubt, we re guessing that nobody cried. that same year in 1994, recognize this guy? new york state governor s race. mario cuomo was defending his throne, basically, and it did kind of feel like a throne in new york. not only did he seem like he was governor for life in new york state, but it felt like the only thing that might actually pry mario cuomo out of the office of governor of new york state in albany was is if he agreed to accept the democratic nomination for president. and everybody was pretty sure the democrats would be eager to hand him that nomination, even though he twice turned them down. turned them down in 1998, in 92, and in 1994, when he was running for election, mar quoe cuomo was one of the most recognizable, most powerful, most popular democrats in the whole country. and in 1994, at the height of his power, he lost to a g
but nobody thought the speaker of the house was going to lose his own seat at home. and so, did the beltway lose its mind? yes, absolutely. the beltway lost its mind in 1994 when tom foley lost his seat when he was speaker of the house. did anybody cry? we don t know. benefit of the doubt, we re guessing that nobody cried. that same year in 1994, recognize this guy? new york state governor s race. mario cuomo was defending his throne, basically, and it did kind of feel like a throne in new york. not only did he seem like he was governor for life in new york state, but it felt like the only thing that might actually pry mario cuomo out of the office of governor of new york state in albany was is if he agreed to accept the democratic nomination for president. and everybody was pretty sure the democrats would be eager to hand him that nomination, even though he twice turned them down. turned them down in 1998, in 92, and in 1994, when he was running for election, mar quoe cuomo was one o
his own seat at home. and so, did the beltway lose its mind? yes, absolutely. the beltway lost its mind in 1994 when tom foley lost his seat when he was speaker of the house. did anybody cry? we don t know. benefit of the doubt, we re guessing that nobody cried. that same year in 1994, recognize this guy? new york state governor s race. mario cuomo was defending his throne, basically, and it did kind of feel like a throne in new york. not only did he seem like he was governor for life in new york state, but it felt like the only thing that might actually pry mario cuomo out of the office of governor of new york state in albany was is if he agreed to accept the democratic nomination for president. and everybody was pretty sure the democrats would be eager to hand him that nomination, even though he twice turned them down. turned them down in 1998, in 92, and in 1994, when he was running for election, mar quoe cuomo was one of the most