This is a little bit off-topic, but you can read my latest FrontPage Magazine interview, “Terrorist Camps in America” by clicking here. This is about a new documentary that the Christian Action Network, for whom I am a national security researcher, is releasing about a network of isolated radical Islamic compounds that continue to operate in the U.S. Most likely, some of you live near one, as there are at least 35 nationwide. The head of CAN will be on Hannity’s America on February 9, so this should become a major story.

Remember, for those of you in the area, the documentary “Homegrown Jihad: Terrorist Camps Around the U.S.” will premiere on February 11th at 7:30 PM at Washington DC’s Landmark Theater. It is free to attend.

To bring this more on topic, there’s an element of presidential races that always fascinated me. I remember it in 2004. Some observers argued that Senator Kerry shouldn’t attack President Bush too much on national security, because even if the attacks stung, they brought the issue to the forefront again and backfired as it kept national security/foreign policy as the number one issue. Some writers have even suggested that Kerry lost due to the Bin Laden tape.

Critics of the President could try to spin it, noting that Bin Laden was still free due to incompetence and by diverting our attention to Iraq, but it reminded voters of the terrorist threat.

Generally, when governors become the nominee against an incumbent, the opponent (unless both are governors) argues that the governor is inexperienced on national security. Ironically, if the GOP chooses a governor in 2012, you could see President Obama trying to attack them on their lack of experience in national security and foreign policy–but he runs the same risk as Kerry did, because the Republican Party is generally favored for such issues. Just something to think about.