October Surprise

that happened Oct. 8, 2021

Let’s Revisit October 2020, a Truly Wild Month in U.S. PoliticsTrump’s COVID ordeal. Amy Coney Barrett’s rushed confirmation. Rudy Giuliani’s “October surprise” flop. It all went down one year ago.

By Benjamin Hart

october surprise Nov. 2, 2020

How Trump and Barr’s October Surprise Went BustThe attorney general’s pressure on John Durham nearly blew up the investigation that the president hoped would help swing the election.

By Murray Waas

what’s past is prologue Oct. 16, 2018

The Ghosts of the ’68 Election Still Haunt Our PoliticsThe “backlash” politics of crime and race, an unpopular war, a divided Democratic Party — they are all still with us.

By Ed Kilgore

everything old is new again Oct. 3, 2012

By Margaret Hartmann

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