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By JOHN GOOLRICK
Rappahannock N«w« Contributing Writer
Why, one might logically ask, should Virginia Republicans spend money to help make Democratic state Sen. Robert “Bobby” Scott of Newport News Virginia’s first black Congressman?
The question seems particularly apt when several of Scott’s fellow Democrats in key General Assembly positions are saying privately they aren’t about to give Scott an easy ride to Washington.
The answer is it’s all part of an Alice-in-Wonderland game that is slowly shaping as the decennial census progresses and the reapportionment process looms ahead next year.
The Scott case, if it can properly be called that, may well make strange bedfellows in legal actions challenging whatever congressional reapportionment plan emerges from a state legislature controlled by Democrats.
Scott, who ran previously for Congress and lost, is widely viewed as the logical choice should a black majority congressional district be created in Tidewater if Virginia, as expected, gets a new seat from population growth.
And while Scott or some other
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