You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. Mario Cuomo’s adage has been updated and adapted by his successors in the modern ...

Mario Cuomo once famously remarked, "You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose." This metaphor, highlighting the shift from rhetoric to reality, applies to various contexts. A good example is ...

There’s an old saying in politics: “You campaign in poetry and you govern in prose”. This saying is attributed to the late New York Governor Mario Cuomo and in some respects describes the ...

The famous line from Mario Cuomo is that while politicians campaign in poetry, they must govern in prose. True enough, but it's more accurate to say that they govern in spreadsheets. In state ...

Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo once said, “We campaign in poetry but we govern in prose.” Would that we campaigned in either! A cache of writings like Bowman’s is an uncommonly ...

Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo said you campaign in poetry; you govern in prose. The lyricism of Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is apparent, shining as her speeches and ...

To knock on a door and talk politics with a neighbor. To crack open a book and hear a new voice. To canvass a side street, zig-zagging between houses. To turn from one line to the next until you ...

CHICAGO — There’s an old political saw: You campaign in poetry and govern in prose. That took on a more literal meaning Wednesday night as Amanda Gorman, the closest thing this country has ...

There’s an old idea that you campaign in poetry and govern in prose. But then there’s what that means when your head of state comes to town ...

“You’re supposed to campaign in poetry and govern in prose,” he said in his final campaign speech on April 27th, on the eve of the election. “As the assembled media will tell you, I ...

Photo: Charly Triballeau/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. Mario Cuomo’s adage has been updated and adapted by his successors in the modern ...