The New York Times did an article about 7 Campaign Ads Worth Watching. One of those ads was Scott Kleeb’s “Rancher” ad.

You can watch a cool video about the article at the NYT website. If you want to read the article online, you need to be a paying member of New York Times Select.

If you’re not a member, visit this website for a reprint of the article.

Most of the strongest ads this cycle are attack ads, but not all of them. This ad plays up the deep Nebraska roots and classic good looks of Scott Kleeb, a fourth-generation Nebraskan whose grandfather was born in a dug-out outside of Broken Bow. (You won’t learn a lot about the Ph.D. Kleeb got from Yale.) In this Hallmark card of an ad, talking heads praise Mr. Kleeb while the sun-dappled candidate rides a horse in iconic cowboy style. Mr. Kleeb is running in a district that President Bush won 3-1 in 2004, but one recent poll shows him nearly even with his Republican opponent, Adrian Smith.

Unfortunately, the “Old Ben Nelson” ad by the Pete Ricketts’ campaign was not selected for this list. I don’t know how they could have overlooked such a quality commercial. It must be the damn liberal media bias.