October Surprises have been significant in elections past, like Johnson’s announcement of halting bombing in Vietnam, or the release of an al-Qaeda tape five days before the 2004 elections.
This year, I feel like I’ve been ripped off. This election has been filled with so much Freak Show that I was looking forward to October. Well, it’s almost three weeks into October and I’m still waiting. Granted, if it happens, it’ll probably be in the last week of October, but I’m still antsy!
Unfortunately, The San Diego Union Tribune reported that, “Longtime political analyst Stuart Rothenberg said last week that only a major terrorist attack or some personal scandal involving Obama could ‘force the American public to take a collective pause’.”
Maybe the surprise is that there is no surprise, which would be as anti-climactic as Palin’s boring Cold Open.
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