I Always Did Like Kristi Yamaguchi

This ad by Restore Our Future focuses on Mitt Romney’s salvaging of the 2002 winter Olympics. It is simple and effective; it features former Olympians, most notably Kristi Yamaguchi, in a relatively rare instance where celebrity endorsements actually make sense. The ad’s timing is obviously appropriate, and it sounds a basic theme of the Romney campaign, implicitly contrasting Romney, the brilliant manager, with Barack Obama, who would need help to operate a lemonade stand:

The ad is running heavily in swing states.

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