A recent press release from the McCain campaign boasted “100 U.S. Ambassadors Endorse McCain-Palin.” Right at the top of that list was none other than Lenore Annenberg. Doesn’t ring familiar? It was Lenore and Walter Annenberg who funded the now famous Chicago Annenberg Challenge–the education initiative brought Barack Obama and Bill Ayers into the same board room and facilitated a now notorious collaboration.

And when I say funded I’m not talking a token donation. All told the Annenberg’s gave $50 million dollars to the initiative, which Ayers spearheaded.

John Martin, blogging at Republicans for Obama, summed up his reporting of this curious matter thusly:

I’m feeling a little cheated.  Months ago I was promised an October surprise.  It’s already October 9th, and all I’ve heard is that Barack knows a guy who’s been working with McCain supporters and Republicans since the mid 90’s.