As a veteran investigator, I've learned long ago to shed my blinders and look at the larger picture, or look at all of the dots to see if any might connect. In the realm of politics, it also seems reasonable to consider the quote attributed to Joseph Kennedy in 1960: "There are no accidents in politics." Furthermore, it is important to reconstruct the actions of all suspects, or in this case, elected officials, to determine "motives and means" amid a hefty dose of theatrical diversions that would make an accomplished magician envious.
October surprise
The concept of an "October surprise," or a news event with significant potential to influence the presidential election arose exactly forty years ago, when former National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger under then President Richard Nixon announced that an end of the Vietnam War was at hand.
