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Un that day the party BowLES will choose a new state chairman to replace the resigning Joseph T. Fitzpatrick. from the liberal wing of the party, which is to say Howell people, what they do in the election could well be the key to its outcome.
Most political observers around the state do not expect the liberals to undertake an overt power-grab and attempt to install one of their own as chairman.
While the committee is heavily weighted with liberals, they probably do not have a majority, and in a situation where the members become polarized along liberal-conservative lines, the more conservative candidates would probably come out ahead.
This is true because many members who would normally be associated with the liberal camp have belatedly come to a realization that if the party is to win future elections, it must project the image of being within the mainstream of Virginia’s political thought. In other words, it must project a moderate to conservative image.
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Thus, according to sources within the party, the liberals
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