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real and bitter and even his worst enemies would have to concede that the new governor handled with skill one of the most difficult situations an incoming chief executive had been faced with. Though Republicans had attempted to brand him a free spending liberal, Wilder persuaded the General Assembly to bite the fiscal bullet by making reductions that were often painful. The strong medicine he prescribed has seemingly gotten Virginia through the crisis in far better financial shape than most other states.
Yet while giving him high marks for fiscal management in the first year of his term, scholars examining his record in the future may seek an
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