Local SF columnist Jon Carroll is currently running a contest to "Guess the October Surprise." One favorite is that Bin Laden is already in custody in Pakistan and will be trotted out just before the election.

I would not be at all surprised if Bush wanted to do something like postpone the election, but I doubt it will work. Nixon apparently looked into postponing the '72 election, but was advised against it. I mean, after all, we managed to hold an election in the middle of the Civil War!