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With Republican Governor George Allen taking an increasingly in-your-face attitude toward the Democrats who currently control the legislature, the election results will either make Allen pretty much of a lame duck chief executive for the next two years, or thrust him into a position of great strength.
Actually, if the GOP can became a majority in just one of the chambers, the Governor’s fat will pulled from the fire. There would be in the
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