Dangerous naïveté from a chemistry teacher in Wisconsin:

"In light of 9/11, you have to take it seriously," [Doug] Thorne said. "I don't think it's a political play for votes. If they're going to do that, they'll do it in September or October."

Come on, Doug. Are you kidding me? Maybe these terror warnings were politically-motivated, and maybe they weren't, but honestly, does anyone think they (politicians in general, not just Republicans) would wait until September to step it up? Maybe you haven't been thinking about the election for the past year and a half, but you can be sure that pretty much everyone in Washington has (including, despite his protestations, the Little Secretary Who Couldn't).