Kondracke: "[Y]ou would figure" that Iraqi insurgents will plan "more upsurges of violence in Iraq to ... help President Bush's adversaries" in upcoming elections

SUMMARY: On Fox News, Morton M. Kondracke asserted that "you would figure that the enemy" would "help President Bush's adversaries" by "hav[ing] much more upsurges of violence in Iraq to try to focus people's attention back on Iraq." Shortly before the 2004 presidential election, Kondracke similarly claimed that, "for all I know," the growing insurgency in Iraq was "designed ... to help elect John Kerry."

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