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'It's clear the campaign believes they landed on a message they think is working.' CNN's Eva McKend reports on why an award-winning novel about slavery is now an issue in the Virginia governor's race

  On Tuesday, CNN reporter Eva McKend appeared on "CNN Newsroom" to discuss the race, which has become a dead heat between McAuliffe and Republican candidate   Glenn Youngkin , according to recent polling.  CNN anchor Victor Blackwell asked McKend specifically on Youngkin’s focus on education as a major issue in his campaign. She acknowledged that education has become a focal point of the election but claimed that Youngkin’s attacks on McAuliffe are based on a comment of his that has "spun out of control." "You know, Glenn Youngkin has landed on this closing argument that it is a fundamental right in Virginia of parents to be engaged in their children's education and that his opponent, Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe doesn't believe that. Now, that is not the case. A comment McAuliffe made at a debate in September has sort of been spun out of control," McKend said. During a debate in September, McAuliffe said he doesn't believe that pa...

Sam Stein warns Democrats aren't engaged in Virginia gubernatorial race: 'A real indicator of trouble'

  Sam Stein painted a grave picture Wednesday for Democratic Virginia gubernatorial hopeful     Terry McAuliffe's chances at winning back his old job, citing a lack of engagement in the race amongst   Democrats as a major concern.  During an appearance on "Morning Joe," Stein attributed that lack of engagement to President Joe Biden's "plummeting"  poll numbers , as well as lingering anxiety surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, and declared that McAuliffe was "holding on for dear life." "If you’re the party in power, usually you have a tough time in these elections … But in this case I think there are some particulars, the national dynamics, that are playing into this," Stein told host Joe Scarborough, who claimed that Democrats had to be wondering why this race in a blue state was such a difficult one. "One is Joe Biden’s plummeting popularity rating is a indicator of trouble for McAuliffe. Democrats are not engaged." "Wh...