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His “giant killer” role - by stretching a bit we can say he slew a small giant in Saslaw - has earned him tremendous publicity and that, coupled with his heavy underdog status in the general election, will attract the media like honey attracts flies.
It’s not likely that Larry Sabato, the state’s number one political guru, will make the mistake of deeming him a 100-1 shot as he did in 1985 after the Democrats nominated Doug Wilder for lieutenant-governor.
Even those w'ho know Eddy Dalton will be the strongest candidate on the Republican’s statewide ticket must hedge their bets a bit considering Beyer’s remarkable achievement in going from a total nobody to a man who will be sharing the same ticket with Wilder and Mary Sue Terry, two of the state’s best known politicians.
And because Beyer is young, handsome and non-abrasive, he will be better able to confront Mrs. Dalton on some notable issues than Saslaw, who is prone to hone his arguments with sandpaper.
Doubtless, Beyer will use a lower key approach than Saslaw to brand Mrs. Dalton as one whose word is not her bond. It’s an easy charge in light of her denial a couple of years ago, while running for Senate against veteran Sen. William Parkerson, that she would complete the Senate term and not seek the office of lieutenant-governor.
Dalton’s supporters insist that she decided to run only in answer to a genuine grassroots Republican draft and because once she got to the Senate, General Assembly Democrats killed her bills at every turn in retaliation for her win over the popular Parkerson.
And, indeed, her quick run for statewide office after winning her first elective office won’t be by any stretch of the imagination the campaign’s decisive issue. But coupled with other issues, such as what
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