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Now 1 have great respect for analysts such as Larry Sabato, Mark Rozell and Tom Morris, but I think they are underestimating the impact on Virginians this fall of a woeful Clinton administration coupled with a high-energy Republican ticket.
Some of the pundits were talking about the need for Allen and Gilmore to distance themselves from Farris or else face the prospect of having the ticket “dragged down.”
Even if that were true, and I don’t think it is, the fact is that campaigns for the three statewide offices have almost always been operated separately in modern times and will be operated in much the same fashion this year by both parties. There will be joint appearances from time to time, but the strategists for Allen, Farris and Gilmore will be different folks with different agendas.
It is highly doubtful that Farris can beat highly popular incumbent Lt. Gov. Donald Beyer as he seeks re-election, but is also improbable that Bobbie Kilberg, who vyed with Farris for the party nomination, would make a better run, particularly in view of
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