John Feehery, a GOP consultant and former communications director for Speaker Dennis Hastert, says that the sleeper issue of 2008 may be violent crime. More precisely, it may be a sleeper issue in GOP-leaning districts. Feehery points out that while crime is down nationwide, it’s up in smaller cities–and sentiments about illegal immigration may be tied in with worries about crime:
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