I agree that they'll just stay mum if Bush does well, but the problem is that they were right on Spain - terrorism did work, because nobody thought Zapatero and the Socialists had any chance of winning - until the day after March 11. In this case, it wasn't AQ that capitalized on the attack, however, but the Spanish left, which succesfully "blamed" Aznar for it. The same thing would happen in the US this time around with any new terrorist attack.
So true, livius. You know the LLL's are just salivating at the thought of an attack here in the US before the election. It amazes me that the Dems aren't ashamed to hear Zawahiri and his ilk parroting their talking points. Somebody needs to shame them and QUICK. How can they hold their heads up after hearing this? It just boggles the mind...
The exact opposite would happen. We are not Spain and except for the moonbat fringe, Americans will not give in to force and run and hide when attacked, as the Spanish did.
Polls leading up to the election had it being a close race with a slight edge to the party in office. Shortly after the incident, the admin began suggesting that this was not Islamic terrorism, but it quickly became clear they were talking out of their arse. A small percentage got skittish and it ended up being a close election with the slight edge going to the opposition party.
It does appear that when the race was so close, a little skittishness and a shift of a relatively small part of the electorate shifted the election. Same thing could happen here, of course, but it's inaccurate to say that nobody thought Zapotero had any chance of winning. It was close in the polls and a close election.