Mitt's Oct surprise (or sooner) is to take a page out Rove's playbook.

[CK_John]

Refuse publicly to release his tax records but.....to actually pull a Cheney play and secretly leak those records, especially the ones with harmful info, and blame the WH for doing it.

[DearAbby]

1. Won't work...

He cannot release those tax returns...just exposes them proves the WH point about wealth disparity.

[CK_John]

4. Only if the public is paying attention. nt

[bluestateguy]

2. October Surprise is for the party in the White House

You can't do an October Surprise if you are the challenger. Ramney may have the money advantage, but Obama has the government and the ability to do things that you and I are not allowed to know about.

[CK_John]

3. Soft, very soft rebutal. nt

[Drunken Irishman]

5. Wrong. Nixon sabotaged LBJ's peace talks to end the Vietnam War...

http://consortiumnews.com/2012/03/03/lbjs-x-file-on-nixons-treason

It's a big reason he won that election, which was pretty close overall. Had the talks gone through, Humphrey maybe gets one final boost and wins the election, ending Nixon's political career.

[AndyTiedye]

8. The Repiglickins Can Do It Too

the ability to do things that you and I are not allowed to know about.

The Repiglickins can do that too, even when they don't have the White House.
What do you think Romney was really doing in Israel?

Googling "October Surprise" will bring up mostly stuff about the 1980 election, and the arms-for-hostages
negotiations that were engaged in by Bush I to keep the hostages from being freed before the election.

[Drunken Irishman]

6. I doubt it...

He has nothing to gain from pulling a stunt like that. Even if he tried it to tie to Obama, the news wouldn't be who leaked 'em and the fact they were leaked.

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Are you ever right about anything?

[CK_John]

9. Politics is about the possible, not for the timid. nt