The October Surprise Thread

[Gilpesh]

It'd be great for Obama if the surprise would be that bad report on Afghanistan isn't being delayed and is being released instead of hidden away.

 

[Superman4ever]

Powell is ready to endorse Obama.

When Colin Powell turns off his TV after the final presidential debate, he will have learned everything he is going to learn about the candidates vying to succeed his former boss, George W. Bush. Powell has made it clear that he has been thinking about an endorsement for a long time but wanted to hear more from the candidates before making his choice. It now seems beyond doubt that Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama and thereby hammer the final nail in the coffin of the Republican campaign to hold onto the White House.

The recent ugliness of the McCain-Palin rally audiences cannot be lost on Colin Powell. And Powell is not one to ignore a 14 point lead in a New York Times poll. But most important for Powell and the press will be his explicit rejection of the Bush-McCain approach to Iraq, Iran and the rest of the world.

Powell's endorsement will be perfectly timed to dominate a news cycle or two. It will give Obama the one thing he still needs more of--credibility as Commander-In-Chief. And Sarah Palin's speechwriters will be hard pressed to come up with a condescending quip about it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-odonnell/colin-powell-is-ready-to_b_134777.html

 

[The Senator]

I've also heard rumblings that Hagel is getting ready to endorse Obama as well, perhaps within the next week or so.

 

[Superman4ever]

I've also heard rumblings that Hagel is getting ready to endorse Obama as well, perhaps within the next week or so.

To top that EVERY single 2008 Nobel Laurette is endorsing Obama. Here's the letter: http://sefora.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/nobel_letter4.pdf

Major Ownage!

 

[RAMORE]

October suprise....Both candidates get disqaulifyed for not being natural born citizens and with 10 days left till election we get a debate between Clinton / Biden and Romney / Huckabee