New York: Governor Kissinger?

Governor Kissinger?

Many political observers feel that New York Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo's 68.4% approval rating, national stature and $8 million campaign chest make him all but invincible as he prepares to run for re-election this year. State Republicans, fearing that Cuomo may also be a strong presidential candidate in 1988, have been courting an unlikely contender who they think could at least bloody, if not beat, the Governor. Last week Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State in the Nixon and Ford Administrations, allowed that Republican leaders had urged him to run, and that he was actually engaged in a "consideration of their...

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