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Thus, Virginia politicians operating in a state that is still basically conservative can’t have any real feel for how to play the abortion card. A two edged sword can cut both ways.
Wilder and Coleman and stragegists for other candidates are undoubtedly approaches to an issue that seemed settled 16 years ago but has been resurrected by a far more conservative Supreme Court.
There may well be an unspoken mutual consent on both sides to play dowm abortion in the gubernatorial race and play up more traditional issues. Even so, the court has guaranteed that the isssue will have a role of some kind, whether large or not, in the coming elections. And not only that, it will be around in the stae legislature for years to come.
A fixture at the State Capitol come January will be grou}^ of pro and anti-abortion forces competing for the attention of legislators. The stage may be set for some ugly confrontations between the two groups.
John Goolrick covered Virginia politics and ths State legislature as a journalist for almost 25 years. He is now a press aide to Congressman D. French Slaughter Jr. (R-7th,Va) opinions expressed are his own.
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