Democrats have been worried the GOP would mount some kind of foreign policy crisis to steer voters away from supporting the relatively inexperienced barack Obama. Well, yesterday, U.S. forces crossed into Syria in pursuit of terrorists. I read about it on page A9 of this morning’s Hartford Courant. So much for the October surprise?
What October Surprise?
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