Surprise, Suprise: What October MEANS to the ELECTION

"From Henry Kissinger's declaration that "peace is at hand" in Vietnam a month before the 1972 election, to a report just before the 2000 vote that George W. Bush had once been arrested for drunken driving, last-minute [ October ] sensations have demonstrated the potential to reshape a race."

- Yahoo News! Article

Former Democratic nominee John Kerry fears a state of deja vu. In thinking of his past battle with current President George W Bush for the US Presidency, Kerry recalls the release of a Bin Laden tape in October as the turning point in the election. Polls once static went down in favor of Bush. Kerry's confidence once high in the outcome of the 2004 election went down as well. We all know John Kerry lost.

Some fear that the recent economic crisis is the "October surprise" for the 2008 election, delivered just a few weeks early. The current administration is under a public microscope as citizens worry about their jobs, their money, and ultimately their security. Campaign slogans aside- "Reforming Government to put the country first" or saying "Yes we Can change 'government' and its practices' - American people have real problems and real questions that deserve real solutions.

But is the economic crisis an "October" surpise? Is there really any validity in this concept or this another way for the losers not to feel like losers?

Is what John Kerry fears is true for Democratic Nominee Barck Obama or Republican Nominee John McCain?

As we continue to register folks to vote in GA, lets think about the October surprise.

- The Political Party