<p>BOSTON -- So it's come to this. The presidential campaign took off in New Hampshire, where the state motto is "Live Free or Die." Now it's heading into the home stretch, and the Republican motto is "Vote for Us or Die." In the days leading up to 9-11 anniversary, the vice president finally raised the alert -- color it crimson -- that a vote for Kerry was a vote for terrorism. If voters make "the wrong choice," he said, "then the danger is that we'll get hit again, and we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating."</p>