On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 02:46:35PM +0000, Robert J. Chassell wrote: > Clearly, the Bush Administration hopes either that Al Qaeda is weak > or that it prefer the known Bush Administration. The President could > well be defeated in his re-election if a symbolically powerful attack > takes place within the next few months.
That is not so clear at all. Bush's approval ratings were high after 9/11. Assuming that Americans will react the same as Spaniards may be a mistake. In fact, I could see Americans being more likely to vote for Bush if there is a terrorist attack: because they think Bush would be a tougher military leader, because Americans tend to be more conservative in times of fear, and not the least that Americans may think, "we're not like Spaniards, we won't vote the way the terrorists want us to". -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/
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