Is Republican Fred Barnes Praying For a Terrorist Attack Before November 7?
In his current article How Bad Will It Be (published in The Weekly Standard), Republican Fred Barnes seems to lament the fact that there hasn't been a terrorist attack on this nation, in order to help the GOP's chances on November 7.
He writes:
The problem here is that national security isn't the leading campaign issue. And saying it should be won't make it so. What's needed is an event--a big event--to crystallize the issue in a way that highlights Republican strength and Democratic weakness. It was two events--the foiled British terrorist plot and the need to comply with a Supreme Court decision on handling captured terrorists--that led to the Republican mini-rally in September.
Of course there's little time left for a major event to occur. The North Korean bomb test wasn't big enough to change the course of the campaign. So Republicans may have to rely on their two remaining assets: They have more money than the Democrats and a voter turnout operation second to none.
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