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As popular as Volkswagen’s Super Bowl commercial was last year, with its “Star Wars” focus, it was not a given that a Volkswagen spot this year would also pay tribute to the film and its characters. (more)

Fast-forward to Beijing in the year 2030. A professor is discussing “why great nations fall” and brings up the United States. (more)

In this ad, Travis Childers and his daughter, Lauren demonstrate a couple of the hallmarks of 2010 political ads in tour de force of terrible performance. Childers, a Blue Dog Democrat who trails his Republican challenger by five points, stresses his “independence” and endorsements from conservative-friendly groups like the NRA and pro-life groups, running like crazy from his party’s agenda. The occasional wandering cue-card eye and stilted movements Lauren displays are topped off by folksy music and a cutesy closing line that can’t be beat for campaign cheese. Enjoy! (more)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the ugliest ad so far in Nevada’s contentious Senate race, Republican Sharron Angle accuses Democrat Harry Reid of helping to put Viagra in the hands of child molesters. The TV spot is the latest in a string of scare-tactic ads flooding the Nevada airwaves in the final weeks of the dead-heat contest. (more)

Christine O’Donnell, Delaware’s GOP Senate nominee, continues her “I’m you” campaign in this, her second television ad. O’Donnell presently trails opponent Chris Coons (D) by 16 points in the latest RCP average. (more)

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is planning to wage a television campaign against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and other Democratic colleagues. (more)

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s Supreme Court upheld Thursday a decision by the National Election Committee forcing state radio and television to run a far-right party’s election advertisement that refers to “Gypsy criminals.” (more)

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s political advisers, looking for ways to help Democrats and alter the course of the midterm elections in the final weeks, are considering a national advertising campaign that would cast the Republican Party as all but taken over by Tea Party extremists, people involved in the discussion said. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — UPS’ slogan “What can brown do for you” is no more. (more)

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James has extended an olive branch to his Ohio hometown in the form of a full-page newspaper ad, days before making his first public appearance in Akron since leaving for the Miami Heat. (more)

Viral video aficionados, don’t lose hope. Sure, Dale Peterson and Tim James didn’t do so well in their primaries in Alabama, but there are still more candidates cut from the same cloth out there to vote for. Meet Bob McConnell, a candidate for the congressional seat currently held by Democrat John Salazar. (more)

CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Public-service ads intended to reduce binge drinking may actually lead to more of it, according to a study out of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management that’s set for publication in the Journal of Marketing Research later this year. (more)

I’ll spit this out quick, before the armies of feminism try to gag me and strap electrodes to my forehead: Tim Tebow is one of the better things to happen to young women in some time. I realize this stance won’t endear me to the “Dwindling Organizations of Ladies in Lockstep,” otherwise known as DOLL, but I’ll try to pick up the shards of my shattered feminist credentials and go on. (more)

After days of deliberations on whether to run a controversial Super Bowl ad from gay dating site ManCrunch.com, CBS has not yet reached a decision. (more)

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tim Tebow is taking his star power to sport’s biggest stage. (more)

Organizing for America is blasting this video out to its Massachusetts list, recorded by the president on Martha Coakley’s behalf. (more)

Revisiting the Budweiser ‘WASSUP’ ads is usually a painful experience even if kids aren’t involved: (more)

There’s also a gay themed one (collect the whole set!): (more)

If you ever need proof that racism lives but can’t find a list of people who didn’t vote for Obama, this ad will probably suffice. You can get your own for only $19.95 plus $7.95 S&H, but Amazon reviewers seem to think it’s worth ten times that amount. (more)

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan has named Domino’s CEO David Brandon as its new athletic director. (more)