I don't think this is terrorist related simply for the reason that it was ineffective, and I give the terrorists more credit than that. But if there are terrorist attacks in the U.S. prior to the election, I think Florida is a likely site - maybe Epcot Center. Florida is a swing state with a lot of symbolic value because of the 2000 fiasco, and I think it is high on the terrorist wish list. I think a terrorist attack in Florida could swing the state to Kerry. I think the terrorists would be very pleased by that, would appreciate its symbolic value as a slam to Bush.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but, logically, wouldn't an attack have the opposite effect? People keep trumping this reasoning out without any logical explanation. I mean, does America find a Euro-style appeasement policy toward people who want us dead or converted to Islam acceptable? Isn't John Kerry the appeasement French candidate? Certainly us American's cannot be that stupid.
I actually think it would swing more voters to Bush. People just don't trust SKerry with terrorism.