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“grassroots support”
If past elections mean anything, Harrison will need large victories among black and other minority voters and among women to have a chance against Warner.
It is a political reality of which she is well aware.
Referring in her campaign literature to the “American Dream,” she said. “We must quickly remedy years of inequities by bringing women and minorities the majority of our citizens — into the mainstream of American life. Full employment, equal pay for equal work, and access to education benefit us all.”
She said Warner hasn’t been supportive of women’s issues, the main one being “economic equity” in terms of equality in job duties and pay, and in child support laws.
But she said she will also talk about economic issues that affect everyone — the rising federal budget deficit that is approaching $200 billion and its effect on interest rates, and the effect of Warner-supported federal budget cuts.
During the 1978 campaign, she said, voters were told to support Warner because he “would guarantee fiscal responsibility.” She said he hasn’t.
“I’m not going to be labeled as a Democratic big spender, with my record,” she said, in reference to voting in the Virginia House of Delegates for balanced budgets.
She has also gone after Warner on what he has emphasized in his six-year term: defense issues. She criticized his support of big weapons programs, such as the MX missile, saying it is not a deterrent to nuclear attack but encourages a first strike.
Warner, a member of the Armed Services Committee, has made much of his support for a strong defense and said he has been able to bring healthy amounts of federal defense money to Virginia.
Harrison discounts those claims, saying that the state
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