CNN.com: Campaigns worry about last-minute surprise

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/02/october.surprise.ap/index.html

Campaigns worry about last-minute surprise

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.

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"I assume that it will be something," said House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California. "We have to be ready for that."

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Some conspiracy buffs suggest bin Laden already has been captured or perhaps has been trapped by Pakistan in a cave, and will be produced just before the November 2 election.

No matter how far fetched, some Democrats have helped add to the speculation.

"I think it would be outrageous, frankly, but you know, there's those kind of rumors out there," former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told ABC.

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[tomfodw]

1. Two points

A) What possible surprise could the Bush campaign be worrying about? Unless they know the Killian memos are real or there's a real smoking gun in the documents they still haven't released. (But anyone who isn't intentionally dense already knows the truth about Bush's TXANG service; anyone who was going to care about this is already voting for Kerry.)

B) Releasing oil from the strategic reserve? Maybe no. But how about announcing that Bush has "persuaded" the Saudis to cut the price of their crude in half? What would that do to the horse race?

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