Strange ads are the new black [coffee]. Starbucks is rolling out its own brand of instant coffee this week, and they’re employing a very topical, if slightly risky, ad campaign to do it. First aired during the premiere of Saturday Night Live, this ad for “Via” gambles heavily that the …

Keith Olbermann was recently featured in a political ad.  We tend to think his Boston Market ad was better. "It’s not tricky, eat something." Via Mediaite

And while you’re at it, why not aerial sky ads while you’re at it? There’s "already some chatter" about getting KY SEN candidate Rand Paul (R) "his very own blimp" — although some supporters think it’s "the worst idea ever" ("Washington Whispers"). h/t Nora

You didn’t have to be from Detroit to see this one coming. Perhaps the best campaign ad this cycle. If you have any doubts about whether or not to watch this ad, don’t, it ends like this: “Sorry, congresswoman, but we deserve much better than ‘yaw’s boy.”‘

Casey Knowles, the star in Clinton’s Red Phone Ad, announces support for Obama.  Clinton campaign used stock footage from eight years ago. Will she star in an Obama commerical soon? h/t Fark