BACK TO THE REAL WORLD – AT 8:10 A.M. ET:  There's a world outside New Hampshire, and it's very dangerous.  From UPI:

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- In testimony before Congress on Tuesday, National Intelligence Director James Clapper said the Islamic State will likely attempt an attack on U.S. soil this year and that North Korea has restarted a plutonium reactor.

Clapper said the Islamic State has been infiltrating migrant groups posed as refugees fleeing from Iraq and Syria in efforts to spread across borders. He warned the foremost terrorist threat to the United States is the Islamic State and its eight branches, including Boko Haram, which changed its name to the Islamic State West Africa Province after formally pledging allegiance in 2015.

During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Clapper delivered his annual testimony of assessments by intelligence agencies, where he said the Islamic State was "taking advantage of the torrent of migrants to insert operatives into that flow," adding that that IS is "pretty skilled at phony passports so they can travel ostensibly as legitimate travelers."

The Islamic State "will probably attempt to conduct additional attacks in Europe, and attempt to direct attacks on the U.S. homeland in 2016," Clapper said, also warning that al-Qaida affiliates "are positioned to make gains in 2016" -- specifically Yemen's al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and Syria's al-Nusra Front.

Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said it was unlikely the Iraqi city of Mosul would be liberated from Islamic State control in 2016.

COMMENT:  Lots of happy talk, right?  I trust Clapper's report won't interfere with the socialist fantasy world of Bernie Sanders, or the legacy-protecting fadeout of Barack Obama.

I hope we don't have a terrorist attack.  But if we do, it might well have a profound effect on our presidential election.   Would ISIS understand that?  I'm not sure they would.

February 10,  2016