in the areas of inflation but the people running the campaign of ronald reagan, which was george herbert marshall -- george herbert walker bush and others, negotiated a secret agreement with the new revolutionary regime -- in iran. host: you want to bring us up to the midterms? caller: i think the context of october surprise is important because it can be minute related. host: got you. guest: i could name you october surprises be -- before the term became a common one like lyndon johnson's bombing in north vietnam. announced at tv before the election which helped to propel you but humphrey with a near tie -- hubert humphrey with the near tie with nixon. i will dispute one thing you said. that did not -- that was not the key event that produced jimmy carter's 10 point loss. he was behind by two to three points. already and that was more than enough, in that particular year, to elect one of reagan even if the collapse of the negotiations with the iranian regime had not occurred at the sunday before the tuesday election. and probably helped to bring in a pumpkin senate -- it's probably helped to bri