An eyebrow-raising comment in today’s Washington Post:

Republicans are convinced that highlighting their counterterrorism policies will be a political winner in this presidential election year, and they have focused this week on Democratic opposition to their version of a new surveillance bill as a way to paint Democrats as soft on national security, according to GOP lawmakers and their aides.
Democrats respond that they are unfazed by the attacks, arguing that most Americans doubt the credibility of President Bush and Republicans when it comes to warning about security threats.

Putting aside the fact that I, and I figure, most would hate to die in a terrorist attack that could have been prevented with a bit more eavesdropping… this seems like an awful gamble on the part of Democrats, no? I mean, are they absolutely convinced that no al-Qaeda operatives will attempt or successfully execute an attack on American soil between now and Election Day?