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By JOHN GOOLRICK
Rappahannock News Special Writer
Heading into the gubernatorial election year of 1993, the Virginia political atmosphere is charged with both perils and opportunities for the Democratic and Republican parties.
For Democrats the plus side is that they have swept three consecutive statewide elections, their prospective nominee Mary Sue Terry has no opposition for the nod and running for attorney general was the state’s top vote getter both in 1985 and 1989. And Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton did fairly well in Virginia while Democrats expanded their congressional seat lead to 7-4.
The minuses are the increasingly bitter words between Gov. Douglas Wilder and Ms. Terry'about the w ay the Wilder administration has handled the Virginia Retirement System, particularly its real estate branch, RF&P Corporation, as w-ell as Wilder’s flat popularity ratings, impressive Republican gains in state legislative seats in recent years and, perhaps, some growing public perception that it may be time to change the executive branch back from Democratic to Republican hands.
Some of the Democratic minuses are Republican pluses, of course, and the GOP may also have going for it a Terry 8-year record as attorney general that can be strongly ehal
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