Politics of terrorism revisited again
Posted by Moonage on 11 Aug 2006 | Tagged as: National Politics
Already people are speculating how the terrorist bust in London will help the Republicans this fall and affect the primaries occurring now. Here’s my less-than-two-cents worth:
- It will take some of the steam out of the anti-war candidates, but not much. I don’t think this is enough of an issue to base an entire race on. People will toss Lamont at me I know. However, if Lieberman had been more popular with his core voters in the first place, one issue wouldn’t have derailed him so easily.
- It will a complete non-factor by this fall. The national/international life span politically is about 30 days max. Other issues will come and go. Everyone already knows the core differences going into this fall between Republicans and Democrats. Terrorism successes will be downplayed by the Dems and trumpeted by the Republicans. And, there will be plenty to choose from.
Based on that, assuming there was a certain level of political timing tied to this bust doesn’t hold water with me. It would have been so much more effective in October or early November.
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