Seems to me like the reporter was practically advising the Kerry campaign to contract some psuedo terrorists attacks to make GWB look bad. Just a few trains, planes, malls and Kerry can engineer it to make it look like Bush failed. He could blame moveon.org!
You have to remember that extremeists liberals and terrorists are on the same side here. They both want Kerry to win. (The enemy of my enemy is my friend.) The mind reels.
I actually think that a terror attack pre-election will all but sew this thing up for Bush. Certainly anything on American soil will rekindle in people those same feelings we had after 9/11. I believe America (unlike Spain) will take it as a demand by a group of thugs to go for Kerry in the election, and Americans...well, I think there are enough of us that would still say, "In your eye, Ahmed," and pull the lever for Bush big-time.