I have to say, I am usually not surprised by things that happen and I was surprised.
Events just are what they are. Surprise is in the mind.
/johnny
Well, I think in part the Democrats feinted the GOP into thinking that support for Barack was weak by holding all these show rallies to which almost nobody came. They knew all the while that their astroturfing, skunk works get-out-the-vote was going to prove powerful.