Did the Republicans need a boost after falling in the polls? NewsHog calls it “smoke and mirrors.” It certainly is suspicious to read that amed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, the number two guy in al Qaeda, was arrested on June 19 as opposed to a few days ago as initially claimed. Do they hold on to good news until the most opportune time. This is reminiscent of the manner in which the terror alert level jumped up when the Republicans needed a distraction during the 2004 election, or they released the bin Laden tape at just the right moment to blunt John Kerry’s momentum.