But if Mr. Obama is having days like this in the polls a week from now, then Mr. Romney is either going to be banking on an exceptionally lopsided turnout, or some sort of October surprise.
Voters tend to make up their minds early on, and, absent some sort of "October surprise," there isn't much movement in the polls during the last few weeks.
His chances are slim enough in this case that if I woke up next November to discover that we would have four more years of Obama, I might ask whether there was some sort of October surprise: "Mitt in Torrid Affair With Filipina Housekeeper".
The object of her search is nothing less than the original Pandora's Box, which is revealed to be some sort of intergalactic surprise package that was once the source of all life on earth but now contains the very essence of death and evil.
Bureau of Trade remains online for now, and will have some sort of "big surprise in store this fall" with regards to its future.
Later, speaking to another friendly crowd, Coffman said he expected Obama to pull some sort of "October surprise" — a military action designed to cause Americans to rally around the president as Election Day draws near.
