Why, other than that the Republican position on that issue will win more votes?
The answer, of course, is the old one--The MSM snobs don't think terror is THAT big a threat, and us stooopid folks can't separate our emotions from the issue, and we SHOULD be paying attention to the REAL issues of importance, like Diebold or something.
---
So what they're saying is that it's not right to use the most prominent issue facing Americans as a point of discussion in an election, and the election should be decided by less important issues.
---
What it tells me is that they (Democrats) are running scared at this point.