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By GEORGE BOWLES
It may not be as bloody as a medieval palace coup or as brutal as a Chinese tong war, but there are elements of both in an ongoing power struggle in the Virginia Republican party.
On the surface, it might appear that the target of the uprising is Dr. Alfred B. Cramer III, the state GOP chairman. It is more likely, however, that the affable Cramer, who has served as party chief since 1978, is simply caught in a squeeze play among several warring Republican factions, each of which has been quietly maneuvering for many months to gain control of the party apparatus.
This maneuvering has intensified since the election of Sen. Paul Trible last November, and there are strong indications that the present rebellion is sparked, at least in part, by an effort on the part of former Trible staffers to consolidate their victory by seizing the party organization.
Beyond that, some Capitol observers see it as a not-so-subtle move by the Trible camp to demonstrate that they, and not the followers of Sen. John Warner,
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