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was able to persuade voters that he was a likeable person who would do a better job on their behalf than Mary Sue Terry. North, by contract, will have to overcome what has become a negative impression on the part of most Virginians and somehow turn it around.
If his Democratic opponent is Robb, North will get some help from the fact the Robb’s flawed personal life has also left him in the position of being regarded negatively by most Virginians. And there is the very real prospect of the two major political parties fielding candidates for U.S. Senate who start out being regarded negatively by most Virginians.
Miller’s greatest asset is that he has few negatives and polls show him winning and North losing. But he faces the daunting task of trying to convert to his cause hundreds of delegates who are North loyalists and are unlikely to change despite what the polls say. They are basically non-political types who don’t care much about polls or arguments that for the sake of pragmatism they should support Miller. To them the cuase is everything and even more important than victory in November.
(Editor’s Note: John Goolrick, a former political reporter, is now an aide to 1st District Rep. Herbert Bateman. Opinions expressed are his own.) ,
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