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to a new home in suburban Richmond and Allen will go to work for a prestigious law firm. Most everyone, including this observer, thinks he will be gearing up to run for the Senate and Susan Allen, incredibly intelligent and as down to earth as the cowboy boot-clad country lawyer she married, lodges no objection to such an eventuality, though she still believes speculation is premature.
After four years of tough decisions including welfare reform, abolition of parole for violent offenders and broad economic policies, George Allen leaves office with a popularity rating unmatched by a chief executive in modem times.
In the next month there will be a flood of articles from working journalists rehashing his four year term, so read them if you’re looking for historical perspective. I can only believe based on some years of observation and analysis that the Allen Administration will stand the test of history and rank high when the list is drawn. But let me also add as a disclaimer that writing this just shortly after being in the company of the governor and first lady, I am undoubtedly still under the spell of their mutual charm.
John Goolrick, a former political reporter, is now an aide to 1st District Rep. Herbert Bateman. Opinions expressed are his own.
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