Tomorrow will be the same time frame in 2004 during which the infamous Osama bin Laden videotape mysteriously appeared and miraculously helped propel George W. Bush to re-election over John Kerry.
Before bin Laden, we had the 2000 Bush drunk driving arrest cover-up leak (which did not help Al Gore); Henry Kissinger's 1972 "peace in Vietnam" claim twelve days before the election (which helped get Richard Nixon re-elected, however, the war did not end until 1975); and claims (later debunked) that Ronald Reagan impeded Jimmy Carter's attempt to free American hostages in Iran back in 1980.
But so far, in 2008, all is quiet on the western front. With Halloween less than 24 hours away, what trick or treats should we expect? Will the surprise haunt Obama? Or, frighten voters away from McPalin?
Please help me add to the list of potential October Surprises.
Here are an unlucky 13 to choose from: