[stylin19a]

The polls in Spain could have been wrong and the election was never going to be close.
That Aznar's Popular Party was going to lose anyway and the bombing made no difference.

If the bombing DID make a difference, I find it incredible that the people of Spain were so undecided about how to vote 3 days before an election. I find it incredible that so many people, with solid beliefs one way or the other, could be so swayed to change those beliefs/commitments because of the terrorist attack.

I think another attack on the US would have just the opposite effect.
It would so piss us off and strengthen our resolve, that we would be even MORE united behind President Bush.

As for the unlikely event of a Kerry win...I think Kerry would have a tough go of his appeasement policy of "terrorism being a police & intelligence solution", especially with the repubs picking up MORE seats in both the house & the senate.

Kerry would ESPECIALLY be in trouble with that policy, should the US get hit again.
For all of Kerry's bluster, he knows that if the fight is brought to us, the American people wont let him do anything but bring the hammer down...again and again.

[kitkat]

***The polls in Spain could have been wrong and the election was never going to be close.
That Aznar's Popular Party was going to lose anyway and the bombing made no difference.***

Interesting that you should say that. A caller to our local radio show said the same thing. He had just spent three weeks in Spain before the attack there, and he visits there three times a year.

He said that the election was won on the basis of the economy. A lot of new money had flooded Spain and caused higher prices, which in turn hurt the economy. He also said that wherever he went, there were an amazing number of signs touting the socialists.

In short, he said that the voters were not interested in electing a socialist as much as having been led to believe the socialists would solve the economic problem.

I have no way of knowing if what this man said was the truth, but am just reporting another viewpoint.

[BufordP]

Perception's the rule. All that matters is if Al Queda believes they turned the election.