Virginia Political Tradition Going Strong

By John McArdle
Roll Call Staff

April 16, 2009, 5:25 p.m.

WAKEFIELD, Va. — “I wish more politics were like this,” former Sen. George Allen (R) said gazing through passing clouds of cigar smoke as the crowds mingled beneath beer tents and oak trees at the Wakefield Ruritan Club on Wednesday afternoon.

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