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ready been nominated for governor, will have lots of consultants giving her advice. Some of those advisors may have winced a little during Ms. Terry’s acceptance speech which, as Dr. Larry Sabato pointed out, was bland and short on message content.
The University of Virginia professor commenting on television, said that while Ms. Terry’s strategy may be to run a safe dull campaign and rely on her name recognition and popularity to win, going too far in that direction will pose a danger of looking too stodgy if the Republican Party’s candidate comes across as charismatic.
My guess is that at least some of Ms. Terry’s hired guns are bound to be thinking the same kind of thoughts and may urge her to jazz things up, particularly if the polls being to tighten as they inevitably will.
If I were a spin doctor — Heaven forbid — I would certainly pass on that advise to her; just as I believe very strongly a Republican candidate for governor cannot beat Ms. Terry unless that nominee is willing to take some risks. Those who argue that a GOP nominee will be criticized for “beating up on a woman” if he takes hard shots at Ms. Terry’s public records are correct in that there would be a risk involved, yet should understand that unless holes can be poked in the Terry record then the game will be up anyway.
As one politican seeking reelection told me a few years ago, “I just look at the schedule, go where they tell me and say what I’m told to say.” And since he was easily re-elected, he has no reason to change the modem way of doing political business with computerized mailing lists, electronic gadgetry, message manipulation and blue smoke and mirrors.
(Editor’s note: John Goolrick, a former political reporter, is now an aide to 1st District Rep. Herbert Bateman. Opinions expressed are his own and not necessarily those of this newspaper.)
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