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By GEORGE BOWLES
Speculation was growing around the State Capitol last week about who Gov. Chuck Robb, in his heart of hearts, favors for the Democratic presidential nomination next year.
Interest in the subject was fanned considerably by reports reaching Richmond in the wake of the National Governors’ Conference in Portland, Maine, earlier this month.
According to these reports, Robb has confided to one of his gubernatorial colleagues that he was privately leaning toward Sen. John Glenn of Ohio for the party’s nod.
Returning to Virginia, Robb promptly and firmly denied the report. He once more restated his often repeated position that he was neutral, “both publicly and privately” on a presidential choice and would remain so at least until after this year’s General Assembly elections.
Very well. We take him at his word.
But observers around the Capitol, duly noting the evident political realities, are confinced that when the governor eventually makes
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