Real October Surprise Is Obama and Romney Agree
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Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- In heated elections like this one,there is a tendency in the U.S. to characterize the argumentsbetween the two candidates as much more momentous -- world-historical, even -- than they actually are.
It’s exciting to be the party of free enterprise battlingthe forces of socialism. It’s flattering to think of yourself asa patriotic American running against a cosmopolitaninternationalist. It’s useful to convince your donors that youbelieve in businessmen like them while your opponent believesonly in government.