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early 1970s as an anti-establishment Democrat with close links to Henry Howell and populist elements of the party — who opposed the mainstream Byrd Democrats who then controlled the statehouse and assembly.
Mr. Wilder, of course, has long since moved away from those early years of populism and liberalism. The compelling factors in his transition were the need to be more inclusive to win statewide office and the fact many of Mr. Howell’s notions, though considered radical by conservatives two decades ago, have now become public policy.
But a Wilder who has become philosophically more middle-of-theroad is still a person who has clearly shown he has his own agenda and won’t be a 1990s carbon copy of the Democratic administrations of the 1980s.
This is the same Mr. Wilder who threatened to bolt from the party in 1982 if Owen Pickett were nominated for U.S. Senate, and the same Mr. Wilder who has engaged in some well-publici2ed differences with both Mr. Robb and Mr. Baliles.
Though Gov. Baliles campaigned
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