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050 00 F125.3.C85|bS56 2015 
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100 1  Shnayerson, Michael,|eauthor. 
245 14 The contender :|bAndrew Cuomo, a biography /|cMichael 
       Shnayerson. 
246 30 Andrew Cuomo, a biography 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bTwelve,|c2015. 
300    viii, 529 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [453]-514) and 
       index. 
505 0  The high point -- The men in the family -- From Andy to 
       Andrew -- A loyalty like heat -- The enforcer -- A cause 
       to embrace -- In search of a killing -- Cuomolot -- 
       Waterloo in White Plains -- Mr. Cuomo goes to Washington -
       - Rise to power -- Mr. Secretary -- A nemesis to contend 
       with -- A last chance for change -- Running into the 
       ground -- Hitting bottom -- Attorney General with a 
       vengeance -- Managing the meltdown -- Man of the people --
       Going for the govenor -- A state in need of saving -- Like
       Midas -- Making enemies -- The great allure of gaming -- 
       Guns and butter -- Scandalmania -- Less is Moreland -- 
       Starting again -- Full circle. 
520    Examines the life and career of the New York attorney 
       general and governor. 
520    He is tactically brilliant, charismatic, yet also dark, 
       brooding, and vindictive. He is an old-school boss who 
       rules by fear, even as he puts himself forward as the new,
       21st-century Democrat. In many ways his story is iconic: 
       scion of a political family, the Italian-American 
       governor's son who aims for nothing less than the 
       presidency. A cabinet secretary at 39, he ran for governor
       in his first bid for elected office and was soundly 
       drubbed, as his high-profile marriage to a Kennedy 
       daughter ended in tabloid scandal. How he pulled himself 
       up--first as attorney general, then as governor--is great 
       political drama. Cuomo has proven he can twist arms like 
       Lyndon Johnson and make a legislature work--a skill 
       notably lacking in our current president. He scored a 
       rousing victory by getting marriage equality passed in a 
       state that had blocked it twice before. He has also seized
       power at every opportunity, alienated allies and rivals 
       alike, and micromanaged to the point of obsessiveness, 
       bringing to mind another, less celebrated president: 
       Richard Nixon. Will Andrew Cuomo's political gifts lead 
       him to the White House? Or will his demons--and his 
       lifelong quest to outdo his father--keep him in the 
       governor's mansion, looking for another place to go?--From
       publisher description. 
600 10 Cuomo, Andrew M.,|d1957- 
650  0 Governors|zNew York (State)|vBiography. 
650  0 Cabinet officers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
651  0 New York (State)|xPolitics and government|y1951- 
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