This is just one ad. A good campaign runs certain ads at certain times and for certain reasons.
Think of this as the first shot. It’s not intended to be a “kill shot”. That needs to come later. Keep him in the race until it’s too late to replace him. and too late to present a solid response from his campaign.
I guess there will also be a Biden swiftboat ad and Grandpa going off the cliff and a flower bomb ad too.
Right, you never fire all of your ammunition at once.
Interestingly - I’m surprised no one else has commented on this - they are trolling the Dems by using a clip of Hillary’s “3 AM call” ad from 2008 she used to attack Obama with.