Exactly right. This is what we in the industry would call Indications and Warnings. ;-) When chess pieces suddenly start moving at suspicious times, it's usually not for a Sunday tour of the countryside.
It is possible there's some other rational explanation for the Alaskan connection. It would seem that the most likely answer is that the McCain camp is using the distraction caused by the DNC convention/love-in to arrange forces for an operation.
As the ancient Chinese master said, "Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt."
i had a gut feeling this week it would be her
wow...schmidt just pulled a fast one
and freepers broke it first!!!