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Is Senator McCain preparing to attack Senator Obama on crime issues?

By Douglas A. Berman

Over at The Atlantic, Marc Ambinder has this notable new post suggesting that old-school "soft-on-crime" attacks are part of Senator McCain's strategy to get back his mojo in the final month of the 2008 campaign:This Tuesday's debate will determine whether there's any re-tightening in battleground states, with the McCain campaign conceding that if the election were to be held this Tuesday, Obama would win more than 300 electoral votes.... Here is the gameplan [for issues on which to attack Senator Obama]:... 2. Obama's record on crime.  "Far outside the mainstream."  Crime record -- far outside the mainstream...issues like gang violence and crack/powder retroactivity (which even the Bush admin supports but is not popular)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 06, 2008 (boomark / email).