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[stevedeshazer]

McCarthy was a national celebrity. Ashcroft is much reviled.
Advantage: McCarthy

McCarthy was a vicious drunk. Ashcroft is a vicious fundamentalist.
Advantage: even

McCarthy went public and ruined people's lives. Ashcroft ruins people's lives largely in secret.
Advantage: Ashcroft

McCarthy is a dead guy. Ashcroft lost to a dead guy.
Advantage: Ashcroft

McCarthy went after Alger Hiss. Ashcroft went after Zacarias Moussouai. Hiss was executed, Moussouai was released.
Advantage: McCarthy

McCarthy was censured. Ashcroft has not been.
Advantage: Ashcroft

McCarthy saw Communists everywhere. Ashcroft sees Muslims everywhere.
Advantage: even

McCarthy exploited fear. Ashcroft exploits fear.
Advantage: even

McCarthy feared no one. Ashcroft fears calico cats.
Advantage: McCarthy

Looks like a tossup.