"Your War, Our Dead" was one cry heard in Spain recently, around the time of the election, just after a tragic terrorist bombing. The results from the election are in - the Socialists defeated the more conservative Popular Party that had been in power, and was expected to win. Why? According to coverage in the New York Times ("Vote Is Overshadowed by Attack and Ongoing Investigation") voters were upset on two fronts - they felt the government was dishonest about the culprits in the bombings, and they were expressing long-simmering unrest over an unjustly undertaken war. Citizens voting against the war ticket? I wonder if we might see that happen in the United States this year - taking a cue from Spain. "Your War, Our Dead."

Here's another consideration - the bombing took place just before the election, and tipped the results. Was that a goal of the terrorists? And what might happen in the United States in the weeks and days before November 3rd?