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In American political jargon, an October surprise, according to Wikipedia, is a news event with the potential to influence the outcome of an election, particularly one for the nation’s presidency.
It’s too early to tell, but we might end up looking back on this year’s presidential campaign and finding strong evidence that Barack Obama benefited from the otherwise unfortunate October surprise that was Hurricane Sandy.
That evidence would include a Washington Post poll (above) SHOWING strong public approval of Obama’s handling of the federal response to the big storm. Then, too, there’s been the fulsome praise of the president on that ...
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