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Package Deal
Indeed, some Capitol observers suggested that the speech may have been part of a package deal put forward as part of the effort to persuade Sen. Wilder not to run.
Whatever its genesis, the net result was a clear victory for Sen. Wilder, and with both men out of the race, the Democrat’s immediate crisis was over.
But another one lies dead ahead. With the party’s state convention less than a month away, the Democrats find themselves back on square one with respect to finding a candidate.
At a news conference two weeks ago. Gov. Robb said the party suffered from an embarrassment of riches in its number of potential senatorial nominees. This might be literally true so far as numbers go, but the field of potential winning senatorial nominees would appear to be rather more sparcely populated.
For any Democratic candidate to have a chance of defeating First District Congressman Paul Trible,
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