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Will a majority of delegates to the Virginia Republican Convention in June take the risk of disregarding consistent polls that show senatorial aspirant Oliver North losing to nearly every potential opponent?
Chances are they will, although Jim Miller, who is challenging North for the nomination, is waging a vigorous campaign and has been buoyed by polls showing him running ahead of incumbent senator Charles S. Robb and other possible Democratic nominees.
North’s hard-core strength comes from the religious right and most of those who support him are prepared to stay the course no matter what the polls say.
In fact, such supporters tend to scoff at polls, pointing out that when George Allen was nominated for governor more than a year ago his standing in polls was far worse than that of North, yet he won a landslide victory over Democrat Mary Sue Terry.
Official spokespersons for the North campaign note that he has proven in the past that when people get to see him on television and listen to his message, he is a powerful force who can move people in his direction.
That was certainly true when North, then an obscure Marine lieutenant colonel, appeared before the congressional Iran-Contra Commit
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