Terrorists this week slaughtered Russians, Nepalese and Israelis. Does anyone believe they would not have murdered people in New York if they could have managed it? The fact that this convention – and the Democratic convention in Boston, too – proceeded without incident has to be seen as a victory. The fact that we haven’t had another attack on American soil since 9/11 is a victory. Will we get through the third anniversary of 9/11 and the first week of November unscathed? I don’t know. I do think there is reason for hope.