Now all the warnings and alerts make sense. Terrorism: The Midterm Game Changer

Elections are rife with possible "game changer" scenarios. They're blockbuster events that could fundamentally alter the political tectonics in ways no one anticipated. A precipitous Wall Street slide. An political assassination. A major terrorist hit.

Terrorists?

You don't say?

So how is it that the U.S. issues a cryptic terrorism alert about travel to Europe less than a month before the most-pivotal, midterm election in years and barely a politician even twitches?

Better yet, with control of the House teetering on the brink and the Senate in play, why hasn't someone tried to blame one side or the other about ginning up terrorism fears for political gain immediately prior to an election? I mean wasn't that what Democrats accused the Bush Administration of doing right before the 2004 political conventions?

Have terrorism warnings jumped the shark when it comes to politics? Isn't one party or the other promising to keep the country safe this fall? If terrorism is such a crucial issue, why aren't the sides calculating how a terrorism attack between now and the election either boosts the Democrats or assists Republicans at the ballot box?



Read more: [link to politics.blogs.foxnews.com]