It’s airing tonight during Iowa’s 6 p.m. evening news. Hard-pressed to find anything to say about this dial tone of an ad, Marc Ambinder throws in the towel. I watched it twice and the only parts I remember are “pie and coffee” and people whispering to her about what they want for “Christmas.”

Jobs, health care, government reform, alternative energy, Iraq: Never has so much been promised to so many while saying so little.