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those who doubted his viability as a candidate, he t “ns to be settling down. Some 01 his more controversial statements may have been conscious steps taken on the advice of his campaign manager, Paul Goldman, a gentleman who is not exactly renowned for either the restraint or the political soundness of his views.
Then too Wilder, who has been accurately described as “flamboyant,” is perfectly capable of shooting from the lip on his own if sufficiently aggravated. The word, however, is that he has received some high level counselling on the subject and warned that his road to success, if there is one, lies in his being a team player in the Democratic effort.
According to Capitol sources, Gov. Robb is among those who are convinced that Wilder not only has a chance of winning, but that he will be an asset to the entire ticket . . . provided he remains a team player, keeps his temper and is selective about the advice he takes from his staff.
On the tour last week, Wilder was a vocal and highly articulate advocate of the team approach for the trio, while Baliles and Terry urged the audiences to support Wilder and the ticket.
As for Terry, she is continuing to marshal her strength, as well as her campaign funds, from all points of the political compass.
Yet most of the Capitol observers do not share the Democratic leaders’ optimism about, the growing acceptance of their ticket, and they remain unconvinced that Wilder can win or that he will be a positive help to the ■ other two candidates. It must also be said that some are considerably less certain now that he will be a fatal liability to the ticket than they have been in the past.
Of far more importance, in their view, is the obvious willingness of Robb to place his prestige and enormous popularity behind the Democratic effort. Clearly, for a change, the Democrats are unified.
Thus as the party’s delegates prepare to meet and formally name their nominees in the statewide races, they will be doing so at a time when there is remarkably little in-house bickering, a rare state of affairs for the usually faction-riddled Democrats.
And for the Republicans, the emerging Democratic ticket must suddenly appear to be not quite the pushover it had seemed to be just a few short weeks ago.
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