[PackerBoy]

W had a comfortable margin in 2000 before the DUI arrest became known. Let's not count our chickens ....

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, what will the so-called Democrats' late hit be? The term "October Surprise" was coined in order to launch, well, an October Surprise -- the claim that Bill Casey arranged for the Iran Hostage Crisis to go on until Carter was defeated was made in order to defeat, hmm, maybe Reagan in 1984? No one bought it, except of course for the radical fringe who originated the lie. Even the newsmagazines used it to sell issues, but cut the allegations to ribbons (hotels where meetings took place not yet built when the meetings took place, etc).