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Mr. Farris was half right when he observed that “Everyplace else in the country we’re not seeing this kind of results.” That should have given him a hint.
Mr. Farris went on to blame Mr. Coleman’s presence as a spoiler. That’s where he was wrong. Virginia voters looked at two flawed candidates, Col. North and Sen. Robb, and liked Sen* Robb better. »
Oliver North’s supporters were true believers, no doubt. Unfortunately, their ardor blinded them to his liabilities as a political candidate. Unquestioning loyalty is essential on a battlefield, but is often misplaced in politics — as the former Marine lieutenant colonel knows all to well.
The fervor that led Virginia’s Republican rank-and-file to reject the advice of their party’s elders and nominate Col. \ North has now come back to haunt them. Refusing to recognize their own complicity in his defeat, they are seeking scapegoats. v
But Mr. McSweeney and his cronies, in vowing vengeance against Sen. Warner, are only borrowing trouble.
Instead of ostricizing him, maybe they should listen to the senator. Sen. Warner was right when he predicted months ago that Oliver North was the only GOP candidate who could lose to Robb.
The state Republican party should follow Sen. Warner’s advice and take a lesson from this campaign, instead of seeking retribution. Another scorched earth Republican primary battle in 1996 could leave Virginia with two Democratic senators and a state GOP so divided that no reconciliation is possible.
A divided convention that denies the nomination to the party’s one incumbent U.S. Senator would have the same result.
That, we suspect, is not exactly the type of leadership Virginia’s Republicans are seeking.
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