Schapiro: One race, two takes on Trump
(WorldNews Politics)

Standing side by side for the second time, the candidates for Virginia governor last night veered in opposite directions, with Republican Ed Gillespie running from President Donald Trump and Democrat Ralph Northam running against him. In an occasionally peppery, gaffe-free, hourlong televised debate from McLean, seat of the state´s tech industry, Gillespie and Northam sought to sharpen their themes, as Virginians - with the summer holidays over and the school year beginning - start focusing on their choices for governor. Little new ground was broken by Gillespie and Northam, whose first debate was at the mountain resort in western Virginia in July and whose last face-off will be in the...