Mr. Northam has been admired by Democrats and Republicans alike in Richmond. In attempting to express contrition now for that ostensibly lesser offense, Mr. Northam only fueled skepticism about his sudden protestations of innocence regarding the photograph. Last month, in an on-the-record conversation, Mr. Northam told us that his views had changed radically since his youth on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. We took that to mean he’d moved from the right to the center-left — Mr. Northam, who had voted for George W. Bush for president, is a moderate Democrat. We endorsed Mr. Northam in the 2017 gubernatorial election on the strength of his moderate, forward-looking record and platform.

Source: Washington Post February 03, 2019 00:27 UTC