Originally Posted by FWAAA
Terrorists succeeded in terrorizing Spain immediately prior to their election, so it makes sense that someone might try terrorizing the easily-spooked US population prior to ours. That, or perhaps our current leaders see opportunity to spook the population prior to our elections. Who knows?
The PP (Popular Party) lost that election not because of the attack, but because they initially tried to blame ETA, the Basque Seperatist group for the bombings.
See this article from the BBC, written after the train bombings but before the election results:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3509744.stm
Actually, an attack pre-2 November might demonstrate how little Bush & Co. have done to make the USA secure.