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In the days following the September 11 terrorist attacks, the two men who were then running for governor of Virginia suspended their campaigns. The election was less than two months away, but calling off million-dollar fundraisers and canceling political commercials seemed like the right response to a national tragedy that included a disturbing local angle: The Pentagon, after all, is on Virginia soil.
The race resumed gingerly, as neither Democrat Mark Warner nor Republican Mark Earley knew how a shell-shocked public would react to the partisan jabs that had previously occupied so much of their time. For a short spell, they stuck to positive messages. Yet Earley ...