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it to the floor of the party’s state gathering recently, but there is growing dissatisfaction with Goldman’s performance among Democratic leaders and the rank and file.
They contend he has made a number of sarcastic remarks about Gov. Bill Clinton, who appears to be the Democratic nominee for President, and that his words and actions have often led to intra-party friction.
With all the squabbling within Democratic ranks, there is one thing its conservatives and liberals apparently agree on. They think Republicans made a big mistake in choosing McSweeney over Hager.
Liberal George Rawlings, who is 8th District party chairman, said with McSw’eeney's election the GOP “came across exactly as they are — ultraconservative. ”
Del. John J. “Butch” Davies of Culpeper, a moderate-conservative Democrat, said Republicans had “a chance to elect a moderate with wide appeal and didn’t. We both seem to be shooting ourselves in the foot.”
Thus McSweeney comes into the chairman’s job with an image of an idelogue beholden to an element of the party with a narrow focus. If Republicans can’t win elections in Virginia under his watch, he will take the rap rightly or wrongly.
(Editor's note: John Goolrick, a former political reporter, is now an aide to 7th District Rep. George Allen. Opinions expressed are his own.)
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