Osama bin Laden and October surprise?

Democrats are furiously spinning a rumor that we will announce the capture or killing of Osama bin Laden or, possibly more realistically, al Zarqawi...about 4 - 7 days before the election.

Wow...doesn't give us much time to find either of them, does it? With 14 days before the election, we'd have to produce said terrorist in a matter of days. Of course, the theory goes that we already have him/them captured, or at least, we know where they are today and are waiting for the opportune time to strike.

While I doubt that we'd be willing to wait that long just to score major political points, I do have a hypothetical question:

What if the Dems are right?

Seriously, what if they are? Granted, I'd like to think the administration is a little more honest and a little less political about such a national security issue. But what if I'm wrong and the Dems are right?

Would the American people care?

I would think that Americans by and large would not care, even if they saw it as a calculated political move. They would probably think "Yeah, right...big coincidence! Oh, well, at least we have the bastard(s)!" How could Kerry come out publicly and condemn the adminstration without looking like the biggest cynic on a day that Americans and the world should celebrate?

Sure, he could and his sycophants in the MSM could help him out...but would it really matter? After all, Kerry has hammered Bush on not capturing OBL and al Zarqawi, so if Bush does capture them, then how stupid does Kerry look (more so than he already does)?

I suspect the Bushies have an October surprise, but I doubt it will be on as grand of a scale as producing a big terrorist mastermind.