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party chairman since they regard Goldman as t loose cannon prone to making outrageous statements that hurt the party.
All in all, Doug Wilder has to be feeling good about his first year in office despite some flak he’s caught about his use of inaugural funds and state planes. He has shown that he can control the process within Virginia and he has gained a national celebrity that can only increase as the Democratic National Convention nears. That’s coming a long way for a man who when he was nominated for lieutenant governor in 1985 was regarded by most pundits as a 100to-1 longshot to win.
But it must also be remembered that Wilder’s predecessor, Gerald Baliles, had a triumphant first year that included passage of the most sweeping transportation package in Virginia history. But in each succeeding year, the Baliles Administration slipped and finally left a legacy of fiscal turmoil that has wreaked havoc in the state throughout Wilder’s reign. That legacy is certain to be a major issue in campaigns for 140 legislative seats this fall and in 1993 statewide elections.
(Editor’s note: John Goolrick, a former political reporter, is nou^an aide to Seventh District Congressman D. French Slaughter Jr. Opinions expressed are his own.)
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