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ward movement of the national Democratic Party.
Both houses of the Virginia General Assembly remained firmly in Democratic control through the 1980s and much of the 1990s. But as that decade moved along, the GOP made dramatic gains.
The state does have in Mark Warner a Democratic governor who is a moderate but odds are the governorship will be reclaimed by Republicans come 2005.
All of this came to mind recently when I made a trip across a-large part of the Commonwealth. It is that time of year when political signs blossom everywhere. What particularly struck me, though, was that many of the signs for Republican candidates had the word ‘Republican’ boldly printed on them while most of the signs I saw for candidates who are Democrats did not have the word “Democrat’ on them.
And so during the years I have been associated with politics in Virginia, the world has been turned upside down in the state.
During my early years, Republicans could hold their state convention in a room at the old Hotel Roanoke. And Democratic candidates in most parts of the states proudly proclaimed their party affiliation.
Those days appear to be
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