Fear Factor: Center Holds in Senate
Fear Factor: Center Holds in Senate Richmond Times-Dispatch by Jeff E. Shapiro Sunday, October 14, 2007 With the Virginia Senate in play, what better way to harvest votes and cash than scare the bejesus out of people? "If that crowd takes over that caucus, the best thing Norment and Stolle could hope for is a cigarette and a blindfold," cracks Dick Saslaw, the Senate Democratic leader. What Sassy, as some of us know him, is saying: If conservatives are dominant among Senate Republicans, moderates such as Tommy Norment and Ken Stolle will be voiceless, threatening the chamber's generally centrist impulse. |
