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An October Surprise is a news event with the potential to influence the outcome of an election. This tactic has been used time and again throughout modern political history, especially when the party of the President, or the President himself, are in dire danger of losing the next election.
Do you believe there will be an October Surprise? If so, what do you think it will be?
I'll start: I believe that Democrats' will use the fear of a Second Great Depression, backed with fuzzy math and soaring rhetoric, to try to influence the electorate.
It's going to be the evacuation of the Gulf states which in turn will cause the elections to be suspended so they can buy more time to further their damage.
Oh, Wiki is OK for a general overview; I've used it myself at times.
That was an interesting article. It's still 2 1/2 months until October, so it's hard to predict. Something that article left out was Johnson's 1968 "October Surprise" announced on Halloween Day.
An October Surprise is a news event with the potential to influence the outcome of an election. This tactic has been used time and again throughout modern political history, especially when the party of the President, or the President himself, are in dire danger of losing the next election.
Do you believe there will be an October Surprise? If so, what do you think it will be?
I'll start: I believe that Democrats' will use the fear of a Second Great Depression, backed with fuzzy math and soaring rhetoric, to try to influence the electorate.
What say you?
They are going to use the fear of a second great depression anyway,I can hear their sound bites now " who do you trust with the economy the party of Hoover or the party of FDR". Coming to a commercial near you
An October Surprise is a news event with the potential to influence the outcome of an election. This tactic has been used time and again throughout modern political history, especially when the party of the President, or the President himself, are in dire danger of losing the next election.
Do you believe there will be an October Surprise? If so, what do you think it will be?
I'll start: I believe that Democrats' will use the fear of a Second Great Depression, backed with fuzzy math and soaring rhetoric, to try to influence the electorate.
What say you?
A fairly obvious one would be an attack on Iran. Either directly by the US or by Israel.
However I do not think this would help incumbants keep their seats. It may only inflame the "get them out" approach voters already have their minds set on for November.
I don't know. What could they possibly use that would benefit them in any way? People are ticked about illegal immigration, the rising debt/deficit, lack of coordinated efforts in the gulf clean-up and containment, lack of JOBS, ongoing recession. Nothing is looking good for dems come November.
If they pull any October surprises, they won't be policy based. It will be personal attacks on republican challengers to discredit them. The dems can't win on policy.
They are going to use the fear of a second great depression anyway,I can hear their sound bites now " who do you trust with the economy the party of Hoover or the party of FDR". Coming to a commercial near you
How would that help the incumbant party?
The party that talks about more Government spending is going to lose.
Ficscal responsibility is going to be the mantra right now.
Keep in mind the voters in the mid term election are demographically going to be alot different then the 2008 election.
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