This situation highlights the importance of Drudge. Someone at ABC is concerned that his/her "News" org is sitting on a story for political reasons [remember Newsweek and Monica Lewinski?]This person has knowledge of the contents of the tape and alerts Drudge. Then-- (1)Drudge posts it. (2)Millions know about it. (3)ABC is screwed.
When our President wins for another 4 years, and they attack us after 2 November, then he will still be our President.
It's a no-win situation for the terrorists. President Bush will stay our President one way or the other. The best case is if he is overwhelmingly elected.