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."