RUSH: "Michael Chertoff, the director of homeland security yesterday, told the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune he had a 'gut feeling' about a new period of increased risk." I do, too! If I were Chertoff or anybody in the administration, I wouldn't blame 'em for having a "gut feeling" about a new period of risk. You have the Democrats and a bunch of weak-kneed Republicans talking defeat. The media glorifies every bomb going off over in Iraq as some sort of devastating defeat for the United States. Al-Qaeda videos get massive airplay here. Zawahiri and all these people get...