Monday, October 18, 2004

October Surprises

Discuss the possibility and impact of any of the following:

1) bin Laden's found in a freezer somewhere.

2) Flightsuit boy makes another "surprise" trip to the troops in Iraq and/or Afghanistan

3) Massive Terra Alert. Code Red!


I think 1) is unlikely. They haven't been laying the groundwork for it. 2) would be very Rovian. "Bush is definitely going to win and he's not going to let the campaign get in the way of his duties as CiC blah blah blah. 3) Too creepy to consider, though I have been hearing rumors.

You can have more fun October Surprise discussion here.


...basic consensus seems to be that 1)is unlikely. 2) is unlikely because Iraq's dangerous and would be a neutral. I agree with the former, but it would dominate the news cycle for a couple of precious days. 3) Some sort of terror alert plus specific threats to places Democrats tend to live.