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This brought s howl of protest from the more vocal ERA opponents, and forced Warner to spend an inordinate amount of time explaining that he was not a traitor to the get-your-biscuits-in-the-oven set.
The reaction was sufficiently intense that gubernatorial hopeAil Wyatt Durrette of Chesterfield, once a strong ERA supporter, was moved to note that he doubted the amendment could be rewritten in such a way that it would gain his support now. The political ear can be acutely attuned when the grass roots ballow.
Without doubt, the most intriguing quest far nuances at the convention centered around a speech by Durrette. It was a stem winder in the finest tradition of the old-time Virginia orations. His refiarks, a plea for GOP unity in 1964, brought the delegates to their feet in a foot-stomping, ftill-throatod roar of approval which, observers estimated, was half-spontaneous and half-engineered by Durrette’s efficient campaign apparatus.
The speech accomplished its purpose. It won Durrette a sort of coronation by many reporters and delegates as the front-runnerjp the, early blooming 1966
But how accurate Mhe perceptiotit
There are at least five candidates presently eyeing the GOP*s gubernatorial nod. In addition to Durrette, they are 1st District Rep. Herbert Bateman, 8th District Rep. Stanford Panris, termer Attorney General and unsuccessful 1961 candidate for governor Marshall Coleman, and former 6th District Rep. Caldwell Butler.
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