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speech may have had. a national flavor, he dismissed such speculation as unwarranted, saying that certain issues can be just as applicable on a state level.
“I would like to believe that Virginians are as interested in the same types of issues that appeal to a national audience,” he said.
Before his senatorial campaign formally begins, Mr. Robb said he had “some things stirring in me now to address” and would continue to do so.
After the campaign is under way, he said, “then I will be prepared to turn to more traditional issues with a focus on Virginia.”
While still in the governor’s office, he reportedly talked of not wanting to undertake the daily rigors of legislating, a stark contrast to his widely known executive style of doing things.
When rumors of his Senate ambitions began making the rounds, some saw it as an untenable switch.
“I don’t think I ever said that,” Mr. Robb said, referring to reports that he did not want to serve in the Congress.
He called the Senate “a different type of challenge” and said the last couple of years several senators have convinced him that “the legislature is a place where you can get meaningful work done.”
Mr. Robb indicated that he would keep his options open about running for national office in 1992, but he hedged that commitment, saying that if he won the Senate seat next year, “I would seek re-election in 1994.”
But his reasoning for wanting to seek re-election almost seemed to serve as a way to give him an out for not actually doing so.
Mr. Robb didn’t specify a political agenda, but said “seeking re(SeeROBB,
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