On the Live Thread several people said that it came out in the *post-game* show that neither Karen Hughes nor Karl Rove knew about the plans until last week. We know that the President hasn't had time to work on this himself with all that he's been doing. So who could have formulated this plan and kept it from even the closest advisors to the President.
My guess ..... Dick Cheney!
Even before he started hanging out in undisclosed locations he was off the radar screen to a great extent. He has the organizational skills to come up with something like this. He is one smart cookie. Hmmmmmmmmm?