Is Bush Hoping Another Terrorist Attack Will Help his Numbers?

Ashcroft recently announced an increased threat over this summer. this was followed hot on the heels of some Kelly Arena rumor-mongering on CNN:

ARENA: Neither John Kerry nor the president has said troops pulled out of Iraq any time soon. But there is some speculation that al Qaeda believes it has a better chance of winning in Iraq if John Kerry is in the White House.

BEN VENZKE, INTELCENTER: Al Qaeda feels that Bush is, even despite casualties, right or wrong for staying there is going to stay much longer than possibly what they might hope a Democratic administration would.

so we have her promoting an unsubstantiated myth that Kerry is the terrorist's favorite.

well that Ascroft announcement came as a suprise to many as it is only supposed to come from the Dept. of Homeland Security, and Ashcroft doesn't change our risk, color codes. well, it seems the ashcroft warning of a summer attack was from "a stream of intelligence that indicated that al-Qaeda is emboldened by its successful attacks in Madrid. The content of the threat information behind Wednesday's warning has not changed substantially since the railway bombings in Spain in March, and it has not yielded any plots against the USA, the officials said."

So if there's been no new info coming in to have us uptight about a new summer threat, then why such a strong warning from Ashcroft?

What's that? OH!...I bet you there's an election coming up and the incumbent only gets his numbers up if people are scared of an attack. i see. that never would have occured to me.

Thanks, Mr. Mooch.