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showing Ms. Terry the probable winner, they are putting their money on the chalk horse and hoping it can hold on down the stretch to finish first at the wire.
The Post story made much of the fact most of these people gave lavishly to GOP gubernatorial nominee Marshall Coleman in 1989. True enough, since they thought Coleman would be a winner but bet the wrong horse.
However, I suspect the reporter should have done a bit more research. For instance — and I don’t know w hether they did or not — was Chuck Robb at any time in his various campaigns the beneficiary of donations from these various interest groups? How about Gerald Baliles or Jim Moran or Leslie Byrne, all Dembcrats?
The reporter who wrote the story has been around long enough to know how the game works. Most of those who represent interest groups, or their own interests, open up their pocketbooks not with thenhearts but with their heads.
They are practical people looking for winners, be they Democrat or Republican. You don’t see these people at party conventions helping write planks in platforms or nominating candidates.
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