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By CKORGK BOVU.KS Ha|i|>«hann«K'k Vh» >|M-«-ial ^ rit«*r This is supposed to be the year the political lions of Virginia have been waiting for. It is the year when every politician in the state with an ounce of ambition in his or her soul should be pawing the ground, breathing fire, and eager for combat.
It is the year Sen. Harry Byrd announced his retirement.
For the first time in a half century that magical „ name will not represent the Old Dominion in the United States Senate. It is, however temporarily, the end of a dynasty, the closing of an era in the truest sense.
Since it is so, one would expect the line of candidates to fill the vacant Byrd seat, in both parties, to stretch down the block and around the corner. In that line should be former governors and lieutenant governors, present and former congressmen and state legislators, as well as citizens of stature from business, industry and the professions.
So what has happened? Not very much.
Both parties will hold their nominating conventions the weekend of June 4-5. The Republicans
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