You are right, they probably understand the intricacies of DC politics very well and know that the Democrats are going to cut and run because they are in the pockets of the unions and want more partial birth abortions and support putting criminals on the street and don't take their Parkinson's meds when they are on camera. Plus, with higher taxes, the small businesses will just drown in red ink and gays will be married in every church by affirmative action quota-filling femnazis who want to take our guns and stop all industrial development. Of course Al-Qaida votes on the left; what terrorist wouldn't!. . But they were also happy that Rumsfeld is leaving ... makes you wonder what Al-Qaida has going with this new guy Gates ... he came from a university ... he's probably just a closet liberal mole who just seems like a Bush-licking Republican. I bet he'll appoint Billary as a special envoy of surrendering to the evil doers, or something like that.. . Also, Al-Qaida said they want us to stay in Iraq. I bet this is part of their plan to fight us there, instead on of Al-Qaida's home turf. It's brilliant: they keep us bogged down in a desert and bewildered at home with the Defeatocrats and their Pentagon mole, while they flounce around safely in their hidey holes enjoying secret messages of support from all the new committee chairwomen/men beamed in by the traitorous liberal media!. . Oh, if only we were smart enough to continue giving GWB a free hand to do anything - even dismantle the Constitution - I bet he would solve all this mess! That's why they called our G*d fearing President Bushmills "the most stupid president" - just to fool us into not supporting him and instead supporting a pencil neck coward surrenderer like Kerry who killed a VC in hand to hand combat.