[TMSuchman]

IMHO, there are 2 theories available to me.
1] Terrorist attack before the 4th of July
a] Americans have a short memory [as a culture, due to a liberal mass media] and we would forget about an attack on or before the 4th of July. this would allow katsup-boy to play to the media with finger pointing and accusing the President of allowing this to happen.
2] Terrorist attack after the 4th of July
a] This would almost guarantee the President would be reelected, as the public would rally around our country & President.

I would hope & pray that such an event would never happen again, but I know that our enemies are too darned determined to kill us all. So we have to get them before they come after us here.

[finnigan2]

There is an element to this that none have considered. While I too believe that an attack would rally people to the President, it would probably tank the U.S. economy in a big way, at least in the short term. The DOW would probably much of it's value almost overnight and economic uncertainty and chaos would ensue. In such a situation, it's hard to predict who the voters would blame.

[schu]

Agree, but I think the before/after date is 9/1.

[mtbopfuyn]

2] Terrorist attack after the 4th of July a] This would almost guarantee the President would be reelected, as the public would rally around our country & President.,/I>

No, the RATS are hoping for this so they can step in and say I told you so. It's Bush's fault. When did Bush know? Why didn't he do something about it?