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had to knock down the front-runner if he was to stand any chance of victory and knowing this was his last political hurrah if he lost.
Yet while none of the campaigns will ever be cited as textbook examples of making issues clear and providing the momentum for a Republican to take on Wilder, they weren't all that dreadful either and undoubtedly less divisive than the other process would have been.
And though some might scoff at the voter turnout - I’m estimating 260.000 - at least 10 times more Republicans participated than would have been the case.
If the more arcane process had been used to select the candidate, media coverage would have been vastly reduced since most of the action would have been taking place behind the scenes as the candidates honed in on handfuls of people who might get themselves elected delegates to the state convention.
Surely, the primary winner can take comfort in the more than 200.000 votes he should have as a base come general election day.
In 1985, Gerald Baliles was elected governor with about 750,000 votes. A Republican candidate with the primary base and a proper campaign can attract conservative independents and Democrats and Republicans who didn’t bother to vote in the primary.
Lt. Gov.1 Wilder is unscarred by any necessity to battle for the nomination as Baliles did four years ago. That may be a mixed blessing, though. The rough and tumble of a contested nominating process requires those running to put together campaign organizations and test them in the heat of combat. Baliles was able to winnow out those who
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