From WUWM:

Van Hollen says he’s charged with defending the state and federal constitutions.

Both he and Hassett agree the top priority of the state Attorney General is public safety. But the two differ on their areas of focus. Hassett says at the top of his agenda would be consumer protection.

“We’re in tough economic times. We’re all suffering from predatory practices by Lehman Brothers or AIG and this agency used to be one of the tops in the entire nation in terms of consumer protection. And we used to be aggressively involved in anti-trust and price-fixing and bid-rigging. And a lot of things you don’t see anymore that protect the public,” Hassett says.

In order to protect the public, Van Hollen says he’d keep the focus where he’s had it the last four years.

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