«John McCain and the October Surprise». The New York Observer [Consulta: 27 gener 2009]. «The term "October surprise" is most famously associated with the 1980 campaign, when Republicans spent the fall worrying that Jimmy Carter would engineer a last-minute deal to free the American hostages who had been held in Iran since the previous year. Carter and Ronald Reagan were locked in a close race, but an awful economy and flagging national confidence made the president supremely vulnerable.»Arxivat 10 October 2008[Date mismatch] a Wayback Machine. «Còpia arxivada». Arxivat de l'original el 2008-10-10. [Consulta: 24 novembre 2020].
«John McCain and the October Surprise». The New York Observer [Consulta: 27 gener 2009]. «The term "October surprise" is most famously associated with the 1980 campaign, when Republicans spent the fall worrying that Jimmy Carter would engineer a last-minute deal to free the American hostages who had been held in Iran since the previous year. Carter and Ronald Reagan were locked in a close race, but an awful economy and flagging national confidence made the president supremely vulnerable.»Arxivat 10 October 2008[Date mismatch] a Wayback Machine. «Còpia arxivada». Arxivat de l'original el 2008-10-10. [Consulta: 24 novembre 2020].
