I’m assuming that—at least on the Ayers thing—the strategy is to force this into the debate on Tuesday, that is, to force the moderator to ask Obama about it, so that Mccain can comment on Obama’s answer. This has the advantage of getting the issue out in front of however many million people watch the debate.
That’s my assumption. Given the un-deftness of their strategy so far, I could be—& probably am—wrong.
A plausible scenario. Certainly beats the alternatives!