This presidential cycle has challenged the rules and precedents of our political system so often that it’s no surprise it’s posing a challenge for the “October surprise.”
As the month of October goes on, media usage of the phrase only escalates. Yet nothing seems yet to fill the bill.
Now well into its fifth decade, that familiar phrase has become such a staple of punditry as to suggest it has standing on the official calendar.
But of course there is nothing official about the […]
This year's 'October surprise' may be no surprise at all | Ideastream Public Media