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First, there's this Associated Press story: "Mitt Romney may need a censor. For himself... Over the past year, the Republican presidential candidate has amassed a collection of off-the-cuff comments that expose his vulnerabilities and, taken together, cast him as out-of-touch with Americans who face staggering unemployment, widespread foreclosures and a dire outlook on the economy."

And then there's this ad from GOP opponent Jon Hunstman: 

The National Education Association today launched a new ad urging Congress to pass The Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act. If passed, the proposal will help put first responders, teachers and support staff back to work. As currently drafted, the legislation provides $35 billion to create or protect nearly 400,000 education jobs, while preventing the layoffs of thousands of cops and firefighters.

Check it out: 

In today's Jerry Berger post from St. Louis Magazine:

In his family suite [Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome], Rex Sinquefield with his wife, Jeanne, discussed his crusade to let voters decide whether to replace Missouri individual and corporate income taxes with higher sales taxes. "In a few weeks, we'll begin running a significant advertising campaign in southwest Missouri," he said.

How much do you think Rex will have to spend to get public support for extreme proposals to devastate Missouri's state budget and economy to a level at which it won't shorten the careers of the politicians on his payroll?

h/t Political Wire

h/t Politico Playbook 

The Beacon: The League of Women Voters "has announced that it has 'launched a seven-figure television ad campaign calling public attention to the votes by Senator Scott Brown, R-Mass, and Senator Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., earlier this month to block new air pollution standards. The accountability ads call on both Senators to protect the people, not the polluters.'"

Here's the spot, via Roll Call:

The Americans United for Change organization has a new TV spot running in a few Congressional districts around the country highlighting Congressional Republicans' recent vote to phase out Medicare as we know it.  It's a good taste of what's to come.

Reps. Todd Akin, Vicky Hartzler, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Jo Ann Emerson, Sam Graves and Billy Long all voted to eliminate Medicare -- and give the very wealthy even more tax cuts.

A very early entry for Best Ad of the 2012 Cycle:

h/t The Plum Line

The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) released a web ad and petition today "calling on Peter Kinder to finally come clean and release all documents related to his stays at luxury hotels and casinos so an independent review can take place." Watch it here:

The National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR) released its second ad yesterday as part of their larger campaign to support the use of red light cameras -- and push back against legislative efforts to ban their use by municipalities.  The second spot is called "Leaders."

The group's first ad was called "Portraits."

For more about the campaign, visit SafeRoadsSaveLives.org.

The Jake Zimmerman for St. Louis County Assessor Campaign released their first TV ad.  We're normally not all that into county races like this, but since Zimmerman is a state representative from Olivette , and because the spot is indeed quite cool, we'll make an exception.

This ad from the Palm Center calling for the repeal of the federal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is apparently too much for Fox News' delicate audience to handle. 

What if the commercial just read from a new CNN poll showing that 72% of Americans think people should be able to serve openly?  Would that also get turned down by the freedom lovers at Fox? 

Posted to YouTube today:

h/t TPM

Good stuff from The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers.

A pretty awesome ad from Campaign Money Watch.

h/t TechPresident