BTRTN: Get Ready for 2020's "October Surprises"... Here Are Ten of Them.
Born To Run The Numbers on how "October Surprises" have completely changed the momentum of past Presidential elections, and how in Donald Trump's post-reality America, they will be weaponized as essential campaign tactics. In that spirit, BTRTN predicts ten "October Surprises" we will see as the calendar turns to October...
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2020/09/btrtn-there-will-be-at-least-dozen.html
Excerpts: "The shockers in the past two elections alone make us wary that 'October Surprises' can – and repeatedly have -- thoroughly altered the trajectory of a Presidential election. But the unique anti-democratic actions of Donald Trump should put us all on guard that the 'October surprises' of 2020 will not just be random acts of nature or the overreach of bumbling, self-important FBI Directors. The surprises this time may be thoroughly planned, calculated actions on the part of the campaigns, news organizations, and even foreign countries, all designed to have maximum impact in the final days of the election… when it is essentially too late for a candidate to respond to or recover from a particularly devastating assault...
"And, of course, Donald Trump has repeatedly demonstrated throughout his time in office that the only way he knows how to deal with a negative story is to create even more shocking headlines that change the subject. The death of RBG not only gave Trump the opportunity to profoundly alter the composition of the Supreme Court, it has become just one more story that changes the subject away from Trump’s miserable management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump would love an October filled with surprises that prevent the media, Joe Biden, and the public from focusing on his actual record...
"It is with these realities -- and very real phobias -- that we consider ten “October Surprises” that could be coming to a television near you in the final weeks of the 2020 campaign..."