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Hence the wide-ranging and notably unsuccessftil search to find an alternative candidate for the nomination.
Harrison has pursued her goal with an energy and a single-minded determination which have impressed even her severest critics. She has travelled the state speaking to groups large and small, and the image which has emerged during these meetings has hardly been that of a fire-eating liberal.
At the top of her agenda she places control of the federal deficit and tax reform. She favors a strong military force with emphasis on a greatly strengthened conventional arms capability. She supports the state’s right-to-work law and opposes gun control.
She responds to questions in a forthright manner and is well-informed on a wide variety of political, economic and social issues. She calls upon her background as a businesswoman, civic leader and former member of the House of Delegates to confirm her bona fidea as a viable Senate candidate.
The odds against her defeating Warner are formidable to say the least. Some would call them prohibitive. But a growing number of Democrats are coming around to the view that a woman of Harrison’s combative temperament might well be juft the triad of candidate with whom Warner would find it hardest to deal.
If she gets the nomination, she is apparently preparing to blast Warner on a number of fronts. Indeed, these attacks have already started.
“Women built Warner up,” said Harrison, obviously referring to his millionairess ex-wives Cathy Mellon and Elizabeth Taylor, "and it will take one to bring him down!” (Harrison says she had rejected suggestions that attempts be made to have Miss Taylor campaign for her.)
She intends to concentrate her attack on Warner’s voting record, which she calls one of the most reactionary in the Senate. “He votes in lock-step with the Reagan programs which have doubled the national debt in three years,” she contends.
“Edie may not win this election,” remarked one Capital observer, “but when it’s over John will have scratches all over him. He will know he’s been in a helluva fight. And how can he fight back? You can’t take off the gloves with a woman opponent. It’s not the Virginia way.”
The Republicans, with considerable justification, believe they are marching to an almost certain Senate triumph in November. Some, however, are glancing over their shoulders with increasing nervousness at this determined opponent who promises to make the 1984 Senate race very different from any other.
As for Harrison, she might well look at her party leaders and say, “I have met the mystery candidate, and she is me!”
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