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him as a “deserter” because the former Senator was less than a 100 per cent obedient puppy dog in support of the Reagan administration.
Coleman - a former “mountain valley” Republican moderate turned right winger — will apparently do anything or say anything, if he believes it will win an election.
Many are surprised that Mr. Coleman is attempting to imitate President Bush by making a fetish of a “no new taxes” pledge. He already tried this same gambit against Chuck Robb in the 1981 Gubernatorial Race to no avail. He was soundly thrashed by voters who exhibited a clear ability to recognize a charlatan when they saw one.
Sen. Trible’s response to the Coleman attacks in characteristic of the way he responded to issues while in Congress. Sen. Trible has stuck his finger firmly into the wind, tested it, and decreed that he won’t respond to the charges.
Not because of fidelity to the “high road,” you understand, but because “Marshall’ campaign is going nowhere,” and “I’m 25 to 30 points ahead of these guys” in the polls.
This may prove useful in the narrow confines of a primary, but there is a well-founded suspicion, based on recent Republican defeats, that the voters in the general election don’t take kindly to a candidate who sets primly and silently on his lead in the polls and refuses to engage in a subSee
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