lclough wrote:
] Interestingly, the CNN article states, "...there is no
] evidence that the bombings influenced the March 11 vote, ..."
] which was not the perception at the time.

The perception of whom? Of the Republican right in the US? Well, agreed, but self-interest was at work in that case. Most other commentators, at least outside the US, recognised that the election was lost by the invasion of Iraq and not by the Madrid bombings. At most, the bombings encouraged people to vote for what they already believed - that the occupation was illegal and unjustified, and that their government could not be trusted - and that of course, is called democracy.

RE: Officials discuss how to delay Election Day