Prediction for the October surprise thread.

[JDPriestly]

34. My guess also. He may have had an embarrassing nervous breakdown.

His family members look at him with anxious eyes. Especially his sons.

They are just a tiny bit frightened of him, I would guess. He is very authoritarian, but there is something beyond that.

And the way he jabbed his arm and hand in the debates and could not control himself, could not prevent himself from speaking out of turn. Signs of a manic phase.

In addition, the work he did required him to focus intensely on something for a while -- and then he sort of let it go. That kind of stop and start career would work if you had a lot of strong ups during which you had a lot of energy and then lows during which you could let others take over.

He may have a lot of energy and then not so much. Would not surprise me.

Sometimes bipolar people achieve a lot and then fall apart. Some authors have been like that. They work and work in their manic phases and then drink in their depressions. He doesn't drink, but he may still have severe lows.

In contrast, Obama has a very steady personality. That is one of the things I really like about Obama even though I don't agree with a number of his policies. I'm working hard for Obama because I think he is such a stable, sensible person who can win and lose and carry on. That is what we need in a president.

Steadiness. That is what we need. That is strength.

Romney is not a man of strength. He is volatile.