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who was imbued with his party’s political philosophy but needed a handle on specifics, and the 1990 Beyer who was exhilarated by his first Hurray, and then experienced “Post Partum” type depression when the campaigning was over.
The day before the close of this year’s legislative session, The Richmond Times Dispatch ran a front page picture of Beyer with his hands covering his face in exhaustion. This year’s session has been arduous, and a grueling campaign is days away. He and his staff laugh at the picture “It did nothing to help my face recognition.” The campaign is beginning.
This year his temples are grayer, his staff bigger and his time is at a greater premium. But he still spent 15 minutes during the Senate recess talking to endless numbers of visiting high school kids who crowded around him as he stepped off the Senate floor. “Didn’t you get my autograph earlier today? O, this if for your friend...” His memory is more than photogenic, it’s an electronic data bank where faces, names and issues are instantly retrievable.
If Don Beyer wins this year’s gubernatorial election it will not only be because he is still likable. He believes that the electorate is persuadable to seeing specific ideas his way. Enough idealism remains: “If the message is right, if I speak from theJreart with as much wisdom as I can muster, I can reach people.”
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