Yes, Spot, the Republicans are totally soft on terror. I know it's a little confusing. These are the same people who go around stomping their feet and shouting about how the government should be tougher on terrorism. They sound so tough, so John Wayne-ly, but it's really just the sound of their own disorganized thinking and paranoia. If you ignore the noise and watch what what they actually do you will see something rather different. Whenever they hear the word 'terrorist' they tend to pee their pants and run blubbering for the protection of an all-knowing, all-powerful, Daddy-state. That's not about being tough on terror. Blowing pathetic little snot bubbles while you exchange basic civil liberties for the promise of security is just being your basic gutless, spineless, yellow-bellied cry-baby. OTOH, when confronted with a political assasination, which is legally defined as Domestic Terrorism, Republicans just avoid the "T-word". They wander around aimlessly, issuing platitudes, and speculating about the mental status of the terrorist. Being tough on terror would mean going after not only the terrorist himself, but those who incited the terrorism with violent rhetoric or extreme ideology. As a matter of fact, the President has the unrestricted authority to have those suspected of aiding or inciting the terrorism kidnapped and killed or imprisoned indefinitely. If the Republicans had the cojones to live up to their own speechifying they would be demanding that the President do so immediately. But they won't - because they are just gutless opportunistic paranoids who are soft on terror.