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Terry appeared a bit tense. Yet her campaign style in past successful elections has been to project an electronic image of a person who is tough enough to make decisions yet at the same time compassionate and understanding.
Allen will be on the road much of the time undertaking a grueling schedule as he attempts to close ground. His tactics are reimiscent of those used by Democrat Henry Howell in his famous 1973 camper trip across the state. Howell stopped at country stores and had Polaroid photos taken of him and the owner. He then persuaded th e owner to put the photo in the store window- and tell peple that Howell had been there.
A rank underdog at the start, Howell came within a whisker of beating Republican Mills Godwin, who ran a thoroughly traditional campaign. This time Allen seems to be taking a leaf from the Howell playbook while Ms. Terry, at least for the moment, is determined to play it safe.
That may change, however, should polls show Allen gaining ground. For his part, the young Republican has no other choice but to roll the dice and hope they come up seven.
With not nearly as much money to spend as Ms. Terry, he must be daring and resourceful to get as much free coverage as he can squeeze out of the media. It will be a hard climb up a slippery slipe, but he has to be encouraged by all the attention he drew to himself as he made his way though Grundy and Abingdon and Bristol and other points in the southwest part of Virginia.
(Editor's note; John Goolriek. a former political reporter, is now an aide to 1st District Congressman Herbert Bateman. Opinions expressed are his own and not necessarily those of this newspaper.)
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