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By JOHN GOOLRICK
U.S. Sen. Charles S. Robb is likely to come under increasing pressure from members of his own party to step aside rather than seek re! election next year. ; ; There is no indication what• soever Robb is prepared to heed ' such admonitions. That was evident when a group of prominent Democrats invited him to dinner in Northern Virginia recently and tried to give him the message that his political baggage may make re-election impossible.
Vr According to reports, Robb brushed aside suggestions from this group of supporters—or former supporters—and put the brightest posable spin on his own chances for victory. ' I Z Ignoring reality, Robb said he will soon come up with a way to win back the votes of any wavering Virginians who look dimly upon allega‘tions of womanizing and party going ip the Virginia Beach area, and his role in the taping of a phone conversation of Governor L. Douglas Wilder, one which caused him to face a grand jury and narrowly escape indictment.
:i - Large numbers of Democrats, still nursing wounds from their drubbing this year in races for governor and attomeyuy-general, are less than thrilled at the prospect of choosing between Robb and Wilder
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