'Help me stay rich, Colorado'

"A grass roots group is running some terrific pro-fracking ads in Colorado," writes John Hinderaker. "They feature a Middle Eastern sheik and a Russian oligarch pleading with Coloradans to help them stay rich by suppressing the production of American energy. They are funny and true, and therefore highly effective."

Below the Sheik and the Oligarch:

Lies that Bite

"If you like your health insurance, you can keep your health insurance" was rated the "Lie of the Year" by PolitiFact, and it will likely form the basis of several powerful ads in 2014. Below are two early ones:





Branco at LegalInsurrection.com imagines myriad ways to make the lie bite: