October 10, 2008 Opinion » Viewpoint

October Surprises? 

by John Branston
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It has long been a tradition in American presidential races for there to be an "October surprise" -- a sometimes game-changing development that impacts the election in the waning days of the campaign.

In the 1972 contest between Republican incumbent Richard Nixon ...

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