Success: Bin Laden is dead. Joe Biden uses that as half his campaign slogan.

Obama Plotter: Ben Bernanke

Plot uncovered by: The Drudge Report, which reported on the Federal Reserve's third round of quantitative easing with the headline, "ELECTION MANIPULATION: NEW PUMPING BEGINS!!"

Motivation: Unknown. The Fed's official motivation for QE3 is lowering the unemployment rate. Bernanke was appointed by a Republican president. Perhaps he's been deep undercover for years, even decades? Romney has said he would fire Bernanke. Maybe he wants to keep his job?

Obama-boosting plot: The Fed announced it will buy $40 billion per month without a deadline Thursday. Stocks will surge, and the Obama economy will look healthier than it actually is.

Success: As Drudge put it, "STOCKS ROCK..." after the announcement.



Obama Plotter: The Media.

Plot uncovered by: The full extent was explained in the most detail by an unnamed top adviser to Mitt Romney, as reported by The National Review's Rich Lowry. "Sometimes I think there’s a conscious effort between the media and Chicago to get Republicans depressed," the aide said Monday. But many have speculated about it. NBC News' Chuck Todd is often singled out, as he was on RedState and Legal Insurrection Thursday for allegedly talking about what he was going to ask at a press conference with other reporters.

Motivation: If Obama is elected, the government will play a larger role in the economy, so Washington will be more important, so Washington publications can command higher ad rates. "I hope our friends realize that all these media analysts out there are Democrats WHO WANT US TO LOSE. And the more Washington DC controls our economy, the more important inside-the-beltway publications are and the more money they make. The 202 area code is dominated by people who will make more money if Obama is reelected, so it’s not just an ideological thumb they’re putting on the scale for him, it’s a business interest," the adviser told The National Review.

Obama-boosting plot: Report on polls by a Democratic pollster to make Romney look weaker than he actually is. "PPP has these polls that just put chum in the water for the media," the aide said.

Success: The plot has not yet been fully executed. But it must have advanced, as BuzzFeed's McKay Coppins reports "Romney's Team Turns on the Press."



Obama Plotter: The National Hurricane Center

Plot uncovered by: Rush Limbaugh, who noticed the forecasting service showed Hurricane Isaac barreling towards Tampa long enough for Republicans to cancel the first day of the Republican National Convention, only to change the forecast to show the storm heading toward New Orleans on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Motivation: Unknown.

Romney-sinking plot: "What I spent the first hour trying to tell you was how it was being reported in a way that resulted in the Republicans canceling their convention today when it's nowhere near there," Limbaugh said August 27. "And that there were model runs Saturday night that showed Tampa was not gonna be hit at all, massive shift of models that was not reflected by the hurricane center for 12 hours. That's all I'm saying. And now we got the media jazzed like I haven't seen 'em in a while because now Hurricane Isaac is casting a pall. How dare the Republicans even do a convention with a hurricane bearing down on the Gulf coast. How do they even do that? How do they have a convention where they celebrate anything when people's property is being destroyed? So the effort is on with the media here to try to pressure the Republicans to cancel the whole thing, is what I think is happening. The latest track, see it right there, right at New Orleans. And I'm telling you, the models have now shifted a little bit to the left of it, not reflected in the official track."