Could bin Laden Decide Our Election?

The excellent TalkLeft links to this article by John Arquilla in today's San Francisco Chronicle asking this very important question. I suspect it's one many of us have already considered.

Osama could potentially play a much larger role than any other force in an American election. We get hit by another 9-11 style terrorist attack, and the game is over for Bush. However, many of us would certainly like to think that could happen without another grave tragedy. If he's caught, Bush will certainly use it to bounce right back into world mismanagement.

But what a strange trip that Osama could play such a factor in an American vote.