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By JOHN GOOLRICK
Under the Doomsday scenario outlined by some pundits following the November election there will be lots of blood all over the State Capitol when the General Assembly reconvenes next month.
That’s still a probability, but it also appears that Republicans led by Gov. George Allen and Democrats led by Lt. Gov. Don Beyer are trying to reach some areas of common agreement in order to satisfy a growing public demand .for governmental accomplishment instead of discord.
One has to remember that Virginians have historically been used to government that works fairly well, no mean feat to achieve. The state’s tradition has been based in the'long run on cooperation between the executive and legislative branches to actually operate programs that will satisfy the needs of a majority of Virginians.
It hasn’t always been that way in the last six years — four of them under Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, a Democrat, and two under Allen, a Republican.
Though Wilder had solid Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate, he was often at
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