Democrats: make sure you have a strategy for what to do immediately following a terrorist attack

Reports are showing that the issue Bush is viewed by the public as strongest on is terrorism. The Democrats are doing a very good job at portraying themselves, and their candidates, as being on the public's side on virtually every other issue that the public as a whole considers important.

This is good news for people who believe that we should elect a President and a party that represents the will of the people.

This is bad news for people, such as myself, who are cynical about the Bush Administration's abilities and motives when it comes to defending us from the al Qaeda terrorist threat.

Why the public believes Bush is better at fighting terrorism than Kerry would be is interesting to ponder. But what's even more interesting- and scary- is what would happen in the event our country suffers a serious domestic terrorist attack between now and the election.

We know this is a strong possibility.

From the cynical vantage point of Bush's political team, a terrorist attack on our soil would be welcome, because it would allow the president to act on the issue he is viewed by the public as being most effective on. I seriously doubt the fact that Bush is a better leader than John Kerry would be, but if we're hit by terrorists, expect the Bush Administration to do as much politically as they can to promote Bush and attack Kerry. And I bet they'd expend more energy on that effort than on really, honestly defending the nation against the terrorists.

Call me cynical, call me crazy, but I suspect there's at least some truth to such a claim, and the fact that it's even conceivable that the Bush administration would act that way is a profound damnation of them.