"In the future, if you're wondering, 'Crime, boy, I don't know,' is when I decided to kick your ass."

There's an interesting discussion about the poll results over at Phillyblog.

One contributor made the a point that it seems like some candidates may jump on to the crime bandwagon in order to be in line with the issue that is currently number one on the minds of Philly residents:

...it comes off like Nutter suddenly started talking about crime because he is running for Mayor and because this is the number one issue. For instance, if you are a candidate trying to win support, you should tout your track record in addition to your proposals (i.e., talk about what you have ALREADY accomplished, rather than simply what you HOPE to accomplish).

Though his point is specifically directed to Nutter, the same can be said about all of the current candidates who may come across as "Johnny-come-latelies" on the crime issue. In fact, another contributor makes that point farther down in the thread:

What has Fattah done for crime in Philadelphia? Brady?

So let's just say that at this point, none of the candidates stands out as someone who has devoted their entire career to the crime fighting. Terry Madonna (director of the Keystone poll) made this point very well here.

As far as I'm concerned, since none of them have the great crime fighting credentials I'm willing to put more weight behind what they say they will do as mayor and just take any of their blathering about what they have done as less important.