So, I keep hearing about an "October Surprise" that will drastically affect the election. How about this for a series? One, the Longshoremen go on strike. Two, a week or so before the election, things start getting worse. Three, there's no end to the strike. Four, whoever's pulling the strings gets Buydem to declare something akin to martial law, somehow inferring that we can't hold the election because of the strike. Five, this country becomes one huge shithole over the next year or two.

Maybe that's the tinfoil hat talking, but it sure looks to me like it's the perfect opportunity for our not-so-illustrious government to do something to completely upend the election -process.