The résumés of Paul Bucher and J.B. Van Hollen are very similar. Combating Wisconsin's drug war, running fair elections and fighting cyber crime are on the radar for both candidates, but a few subtle issues set Mr. Bucher ahead of his opponent.
Mr. Van Hollen has been running somewhat of a dirty campaign. In a debate, he went so far as to tell Mr. Bucher, "You suck," and some suggest he distorted facts about his opponent in a recent flier. Mr. Van Hollen, who has been endorsed by the National Rifle Association, implied Mr. Bucher was soft on guns, though Mr. Bucher is an avid supporter of law-abiding citizens' right to bear arms.
In an online chat, Mr. Van Hollen claimed that terrorists are still "training and being financed" in Wisconsin, an unsupported claim clearly intended to create a stir.
What's more, many of the questions students have for Mr. Van Hollen remain unanswered due to unreturned phone calls and requests for interviews by the student press — Mr. Bucher has been very open an responsive to the University of Wisconsin student body.
While Mr. Van Hollen has been busy raising money and taking out personal loans to finance his campaign, Mr. Bucher has continued to prosecute homicide, sexual assault, drunken driving and government corruption while also continuing as Waukesha County's longest-serving district attorney.
Tomorrow, this board encourages all students to support a candidate who differentiates himself from the competition for Attorney General in the Republican primary — Paul Bucher.
