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It isn’t as if the Democrats haven’t tried to find such a candidate. Indeed, in recent weeks they have left no pebble unturned in their search. It seems that each day a new name has drifted up from the Capi- . tol’s rumor mill. None, ' however, has brought the Democratic faithful—much less the Virginia electorate—storming through the streets shouting huzzahs of approval.
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