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Also, the parties at the national level changed positions: The Democrats became more liberal, a pendulum that swung to its highest point with the nomination of George McGovern for president in 1972; the Republicans more conservative, a philosophy Virginians share like a good recipe.
Howell, who twice lost the gubernatorial race as a Democrat and a third time as an independent, once said that a liberal in Virginia is anyone who believes in life after birth.
Former Gov. Godwin said: “The people of Virginia have consistently been to the right of the political center. They’ll change their political labels before they’ll change their views.”
Godwin should know
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