Extreme Partisanship in Washington

The two parties are fiercely fighting and the Republicans are arguing President Obama's policy wrt ISIL is perhaps helping Iran. With this they're arguing he may not have any sincere desire to defeat ISIL or to stick to the fight for long. Another argument they're making along these lines is that his proposed AUMF (wrt ISIL) is too limited. Tjhen there is the recent letter to Iran by 47 Republicans in Congress, arguing Iran should be careful to not sign a deal with the president because the next president could overturn it with the stroke of a pen.

In this environment it would seem to me the Right would dearly love (despite public appearances of course) for there to be a terrorist attack on America, especially one labeled ISIL or Iran or even Russia. That would let them call the president feckless (though they already have) and incapable of leading America.

This (a terrorist attack) is something the administration should be on heightened guard to avoid.