Cuomo actively campaigned for Walter Mondale in the 1984 presidential election , and was named on Mondale 's list of vice presidential candidates . Geraldine Ferraro was ultimately nominated as his running mate , but Cuomo was chosen to give the keynote speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco . He vigorously attacked Ronald Reagan 's record and policies in his '' Tale of Two Cities '' speech that brought him to national attention , most memorably saying : " There is despair , Mr. President , in the faces that you do n't see , in the places that you do n't visit , in your shining city . " He was immediately considered one of the frontrunners for the Democratic nomination for President in 1988 and 1992
1984 Democratic National Convention
1984 Democratic National Convention
Mario Cuomo