We're at that point in the quadrennium when either the sitting president uses his own office to do something popular, or the challenger digs up dirt on the incumbent, mere days before the election. Since we're running out of October, I thought that this election's surprise must be around the corner. Below are some of my predicted events.
1) State Department negotiates with Iran to release Osama's eldest son into US custody in return for a fissile material to be named later. President Bush cites inspiration from his "What Would Reagan Do" bracelet as the strategy's primary influence.
2) Coalition forces ransack a Baathist insurgent safe house and prove that Saddam stole his JV soccer jersey from his high school. Cheney finally has a justification for the war, savages the Johns on the campaign trail, Bush wins by 85% points,
3) The Novakgate scandal comes to head when Joltin' Joe Wilson produces irrefutable evidence that VP Cheney's Chief of Staff, Scooter Libbey, has a really queer nickname.
4) President Bush crows about "scoring my age" when price of oil hits $58 and keeps climbing
5) Senator Kerry discovers inflection. However, this has no bearing on the outcome since the only things that he will be able to say are: