I have personally believed that we will not see the next major terror attack until Bush is out of office. They know how Bush will react to an attack, so they’ll wait and see how “the new President” reacts. Just been a theory of mine for a few years because I believe if they had wanted to pull off a major attack they could have/would have. So in my mind there’s no other reason we haven’t seen a major event other than that Bush is in office. Maybe I’m wrong, and if I am, and an attack happens, I think a Republican will easily be elected as President.
Also, if the next President is a Democrat, the first attack will be a “freebie”. It will be easy, with the assistance of the MSM, for a Democrat President to deflect the attack back onto the Bush administration. The spin will be something along the lines of: “Bush created the conditions that provoked this attack; he left us vulnerable; he was too aggressive; he didn’t take strong enough action; etc.” (It doesn’t matter how self-contradictory the spin is — they’ll just throw everything they have at the wall.
This is a great analysis. In fact, I believe a major attack will occur on the last week of Bush’s term, possibly the last day. Just a guess, but in line with your thinking.