Oh, and to the original question in the thread I'll say it depends. The tendency is to rally around the president and I think that is by far the most likely outcome BUT a lot would depend on how stuff like I mentioned above is viewed by the public and whether the public thinks Bush has done a good job at handling terrorism.
I would also point out, like PD did, that the governments stupid attempt at spin did FAR more to damage the conservatives chance to win in the election than did the bomb itself. I can't think of anything that would piss me, or anyone else who gave a damn about an honest governemt, off more than right after a bomb went off and killed tons of people a party tried to lie and bullshit to me about it for political reasons.
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