Scott Horton [3] has been sounding the alarm regarding an orchestrated "November surprise" to assist Republican candidates just before election day: the November 5th sentencing of Saddam Hussein [4]. The Columbia University law professor told the Nation [5] magazine "when you look at polling figures there have been three significant spike points. One was the date on which Saddam was captured. The second was the purple fingers election. The third was Zarqawi [6] being killed. Based on those three, it's easy to project that they will get a mild bump out of this. ... This is not coincidence. Nothing in Iraq that's set up this far in advance is coincidental. ... In fact, in my experience, everything that comes out of Baghdad is very carefully prepared for American domestic consumption."