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  • Democrats Fear 'October Surprise'

    10/02/2004 7:05:07 PM PDT · by NewMediaFan · 227 replies · 6,281+ views
    AP News - from Tampa Bay Online ^ | Oct 2, 9:56 PM EDT | TOM RAUM
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the presidential campaign's closing weeks, Democrats are bracing for an "October Surprise," an event so dramatic it could influence the election's outcome. The capture of Osama bin Laden, for instance. It's part of American political lore: the party out of power worries about a last-minute surprise engineered by the party in power. Now that October has arrived and the election is just a month away, speculation is rife among Democrats that President Bush and political mastermind Karl Rove have some tricks up their sleeves. "I assume that it will be something," said House Democratic leader Nancy...