And it may have been in that context he talked about an October surprise.
Every election season, a debate over a journalistic October surprise takes place.
Shall we save a 10-second kiss for our October surprise?
Who knows what this year's October surprise might be?
What decides a close race is how candidates react to an October surprise.
If true, the October Surprise could be a major scandal.
Some people thought the October surprise would be the president producing Osama.
I know they don't have much time, if they're trying to avoid an October Surprise.
Will we ever know what happened during the so-called October surprise in the 1980 Presidential elections?
"But we are holding some money in abeyance for some kind of October surprise."