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By JOHN GOOLRICK
The prevailing wisdom among political pundits is that Attorney General James Gilmore will be the Republican nominee for governor in 1997.
And the prevailing wisdom also seems to be that Gilmore will lose to Democratic nominee Lt. Gov. Don Beyer.
The prevailing wisdom, of course, is not infallible as demonstrated in 1993 when everyone thought Mary Sue Terry was a shoo-in for governor.
But in retrospect it is clear that Republican George Allen’s election as chief executive that year came about through a combination of his own charisma and an electorate fed-up with Democratic administrations.
Gilmore, who has a solid record as attorney general, would be ranked high by lawyers in talent but, incredible as it might sound, lawyers make up a very small part of the population.
The attorney general lacks the boyish charm that masks Allen’s determination to punch out what he views as bloated government. And Gilmore will be called upon to defend a Republican administration whose combative style has not always earned it high marks with voters.
Governor Allen will undoubtedly leave office with the best record in economic development of any chief executive in the state’s history. His brilliant strategy of recruiting professionals like Bob Skunda and Wayne Sterling to tout the state as an East Coast silicon valley is paying big dividends.
It is too bad the administration did not follow the same formula of getting
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