And the reverse is true of the Times Square attack. While Attorney General Eric Holder and the Homeland Security folks may win the day-to-day coverage of how they located and arrested the terror suspect, pulling him off a plane on the runway at JFK, the entire episode will raise fears of terrorism. Voters will ask why we have had three attempted attacks on U.S. soil since Obama took office (Ft. Hood, Detroit airplane and Times Square), while we had none in the seven years of George W. Bush after Sept. 11. Advantage: Republicans.
The more either story has legs, the more the spill spreads and the more terror fears escalate, the more the respective political parties will benefit.
Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
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