Trashing Family Is Losing Tactic Cox-Taylor Flap Shows How Such Attacks Backfire

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ATLANTA - By noon, all the candidates will have qualified for the July primary, and over the next three months they should pay heed to one universal piece of campaign wisdom: attacking an opponent's family is risky.

Although news reports of candidates' family members may expose allegations of drinking too much, using drugs or other mischief, a campaign that tries to score political points with such matters is playing with fire, according to experts and a handful of voters.

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Trashing Family Is Losing Tactic Cox-Taylor Flap Shows How Such Attacks Backfire

"I think it to be out-of-bounds for any candidate to discuss or even bring up another candi...

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