Even if you buy this wild idea, it makes no sense to do it before the election. Trading our ambassador for an enemy of the U.S. would not gain Obama votes, if anything, it would make people angry that he’s negotiating with terrorists & cost him votes.
If the main objective is to free the sheik, he could do this after Nov. 6th, win or lose and not risk votes.
Keep the idea of the blind Sheik out of the plan. The real goal was to get Obama re-elected.
If Obama gets re-elected, he can concoct a reason to return the Blind Sheik to his Brotherhood pals.
Nobody could stop Obama because “he will have more flexibility after the election”
Those words were said the the “then” Russian President, but Obama probably thinks that regarding everything.