In a few weeks (Feb 5), we’re going to have the closest thing this country has ever had to a national primary. Dubed “super duper Tuesday“, nearly half of the delegates to the two conventions will be selected. Within the few weeks after that, several more states will vote, and by the end of February, it is likely the races will be all but decided. Two days before “super duper Tuesday” is the super bowl, an event whose advertisements are watched more closely than the game itself. I am surprised that I haven’t heard about a political campaign using the super bowl for advertising. The buzz alone would probably be worth the 2 million. I realize that to pull this off the commercial would have to be different – a run of the mill attack ad wouldn’t go over well with super bowl audiences. But can you imagine the buzz it would create if, say, Mike Huckabee ran a funny ad (perhaps even with him delivering the punch line) in a super bowl ad? Everyone would be talking about him! It probably isn’t worth it for the front runners, so McCain and Clinton (who is still the front runner despite winning fewer delegates than Obama) won’t do it, but for everyone else – especially on the Republican side where everyone is trying to differentiate themselves from the large pack, this could be something that would put a candidate’s name in everyone’s mouth.

Note to campaign advisers: please send me the check via certified mail, thanks.