People are tired of the whole thing; I don't think it'll have much of an impact. Those who live in fear of terr'ists are already in the McCain camp. Those who aren't, won't be swayed.

How could this truly effect McCain when he's not President nor do we know for sure who will be President. I think the planning of such an attack will be redundant since it would fall under Bush's presidency.
Maybe it's just me not fully understanding the thought of this.

I agree with a previous poster; I'm just tired of all these circus acts and am ready for the actual election to begin.

I don't think it will make a difference in how McCain is viewed, but I can understand that Al-Qa'ida supporters would prefer to use McCain in a quest to bring down America.

I can't see how this will affect U.S. voters one way or the other. We all know that Al-Qa'ida wants to destroy us and will keep on trying. That's what they do.

However, if anything, it serves as evidence that they do NOT view "Barak HUSSEIN Obama" as "one of the them."

I think far too many people would find it far too coincidental and view it at some sort of ploy - whether or not the republicans had anything to do with it. People have been practically begging for an "October Surprise" that now, when we're nearly out of October and nothing's here yet, somehow we are nervous and anxious for it to happen.

Which is ridiculous.

Mischief-making, I am sure. I agree with an earlier poster - those who are in fear of the terrorists are in the McCain camp already.

I find this somewhat amusing, given the number of times I have seen Republican supporters claim that a vote for Obama (or, last time, Kerry), was a vote for the terrorists.

Wow, according to this, Al-Quaida has officially endorsed McCain. Wow.

Few people have ever gone broke by underestimating the intelligence of the common man. I think if there's a terrorist attack or the like, McCain would gain a lot of ground. People are just stupid enough to fall for the scare tactics. They'd miss the fact that the terrorists would like McCain to win, because he's stupid enough to keep punching the tar baby.

We've seen this trick many times before.

The truth is, Al-Qa'ida is irrelevant. We need to get our house in order, not bankrupt the country chasing ghosts.

I would hope that no one makes their decisions based on al Qa'ida no matter what they say. It is mischief making, no matter who is responsible, but then again most of election-time activities are (you hear the one about the "Democrats vote on the 5th"?). There's always a lot of tongue-in-cheek "These guys want the wrong guy to win, see?", but even when it's serious it serves the same purpose to distract and detract from voting based on what you, as an individual and critical thinker, think is right thing to do.

--PolarisDiB

I don't think that this will make a difference in how many people view McCain. Most of the people who aren't voting for him already have cited his stance on the War on Terror as an issue, so this will only make those people more eager to elect someone else. As for those who are okay with McCain's views on the war, this will only make the argument for the War on Terror stronger.

I was planning to just peek over in the US election 2008 section for fun, but I couldn't resist joining in for a moment.

The comments regarding to McCain as stupid or blindly patriotic or a typical Republican further inspires my awe at how effectively the media has pushed for an Obama presidency. Before this election, McCain was favored among Democrats and considered truly bipartisan, as he frequently went against his own party no matter how inconvenient. He differed from Bush on many issues including government spending, torture, climate change, military strategies, the national deficit, stem cell research - all controversial and important issues. Yes, he may have voted in agreement with Bush the majority of the time, but Obama admitted he did so as well: "And the truth of the matter is that the only bills that I voted for, for the most part, since I've been in the Senate were introduced by Republicans with George Bush."

The media brushes off a bipartisan, accomplished reform maverick and war hero, in favor of an ambitious, inexperienced, extreme leftist "community organizer". Why are news organizations and journalists urging us to take a gamble at a new comer at such a crucial time? Do they want to assert the anti-Bush mentality to the point of punishing any republican who dares to run for president? Or do they want to see the first African-American presidency so badly that nothing else matters?

I don't hate Obama, nor do I absolutely love McCain...I'm just baffled at how McCain went from being viewed as a favored political figure to being labeled a Bush puppet.

Americans should be very concerned about what the al-Qa'ida agenda is or may become in the future. If Senator Obama thinks that al-Qa'ida proponents can be cajoled or lulled into a mesmerized stupor as his followers are than he has a very big surprise coming to him this November.

Goodness, whoever told al Qaida they were allowed to vote in our elections?

It's bad enough that we effectively gave them a "vote" in 2004, I think this latest propaganda will have less of an impact... considering that we've all been expecting it anyway (and in October no less).