With early voting underway, the above Obama ad is set to run in seven states. At a whopping two minutes, the quadruple-length appeal is likely intended as his closing argument. It follows the direct-to-camera ad Romney released yesterday in which he tries to yet again relaunch his flailing campaign. 

Also, about that Romney ad – the campaign looks to be betting everything on it. Sargent reports that it will be "airing at full throttle in all of Romney’s media markets in nine swing states, and it will be the only Romney ad running in them [save some Spanish-language ads in Florida]."