So, I was looking at the graph of electoral votes over time (posted daily at
electoral-vote.com) and noticed something.
John Kerry was cresting 325 electoral votes in late May, then, coincidentally, there was a terror alert.
Kerry's EV went down, but came back. In late July he once again crested 325, then, funny thing, there was another terror alert, this time against the convention media.
Kerry weathered that, and was just starting to get a bounce from the convention, but no sooner did he crest 325 when there was yet another terror alert, this time based on "intelligence" older than my diploma.
Kerry again recovered from this, but by then the Swift Boat Liars were getting millions/billions in free air time so I guess there was no need for another alert. Not that I'm suggesting the alerts were politically motivated, I just said it was funny.