Osama Death Watch

Hot Air and Mary Katherine are tracking the latest updates on what could make for one heckuvan October surprise.

The best case for an evil Rove-led conspiracy?  That reports of OBL's demise were cooked up to coax bin Laden into rushing out a new videotape, proving his continued existence under harried, perhaps less secure conditions, making him more succeptible to a blitz leading to his capture or extermination sometime in the next several days, in turn leading to a big Bush bounce and lengthened coattails to preserve the Congressional majority come Election Day.

Unlikely though, as this would require that Jacques Chirac would be playing ball (as the documents that sparked speculation of Osama's death were leaked under his watch).  I'll say with roughly 5 pints of French blood in my veins that I have trouble believing the French President would even consider backing our play in such a ruse.

Still, with the incredible Irish comeback over Michigan State tonight (delighting my alma mater and my other 5 pints), there's a certain improbable magic in the air.