> http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1418633520080314?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
>
>
> McCain says al Qaeda might try to tip U.S. election
>
> By Steve Holland
> Fri Mar 14, 12:22 PM ET
>
> SPRINGFIELD, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Republican
> presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday he
> fears that al Qaeda or another extremist group might
> attempt spectacular attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the
> U.S. election against him.
FWIW, Reuters reported 4 years ago that al-Qaeda prefers Republicans -- and that if they considered doing a spectacular attack in the run-up to an election it would precisely to get a Republican elected:
http://www.boingboing.net/2004/07/21/why-alqaeda-wants-pr.html
Michael