MittWatch: He's Got Legs, and He Knows How to Use Them

Just as former Massachusetts governor and current presidential aspirant Mitt Romney tries to disengage himself from another man's sex scandal, he makes himself sexier in an ad that features him in jogging shorts.

The ad crosscuts between shots of Romney jogging and shots of his various achievements. Of course, his handlers help him achieve the perfect balance of cute but nonthreatening. His jogging duds hang loose on his body, and he looks like any other weekend warrior. He still can't hide his nice legs. His target female demographic will no doubt love this one.

However, Romney took a real leap with the ad because his hair actually moves when he runs. In the long shots, his hair is as smooth and tight as a helmet, just like always. Toward the end, as Romney meets various "challenges," a tight shot frames Romney's face as his sweaty bangs flap against his forehead. The typically immaculate Romney is shouting to the world, "I sweat just like you!"

Here's the ad:

In other Romney ad news, Team Romney is opening up the playing field and asking Romney fans to offer up their own campaign ads. You can check out the contest here.

If you're licking your chops over a potential Stephen Colbert YouTube challenge, you may as well forget it. Team Romney says you can submit anything you want "as long you support the campaign creatively and responsibly." Of course, that's not going to stop people from being creative and irresponsible.

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