By Dan Brillman
With the election just days away, the presidential campaigns hold their collective breaths. Will the Rev. Jeremiah Wright grant some new interview with information harmful to Barack Obama? Will some scandal surface about Sarah Palin’s gubernatorial tenure? Ah, the “October Surprise.” Journalists, campaign advisers and conspiracy theorists fear what lurks in the spooky political season around Halloween, where any event or humiliation could upend the fragile balance of a race or upset long-term political strategy. There has been no shortage of dramatic 11th-hour revelations with the power to transform the outcome. A look back at some of the most memorable late-fall moments.
