Byline: Jeannie H. Cross
National Democratic Chairman Paul Kirk was well received in Albany Tuesday when he made a speech on political extremists to a crowd of staunch Democrats.
But, he told the group, he wasn't treated so kindly during or after his last visit to this capital city.
Then, Kirk was trying - unsuccessfully - to win Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's support for the party chairmanship.
After Kirk won, he recalled that "my first day on the job, I walked into the chairman's office ... Over next to the desk was a floral wreath. I walked over and picked up the card. It said, 'Rest in peace.' It was signed, 'Mario Cuomo,'" Kirk said.
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