VIDEO: Barack Obama's Superbowl ad

Obama's Superbowl ad only ran in certain locations across the country, and was not run in the big markets in several key states, which kept the cost at about $250,000.

The 30-second ad is a summary of Obama's political message, played against images of crowds of supporters, despair in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina's destruction.

"We want an end to this war and we want diplomacy and peace,' Obama says in a voice over from a speech in Austin, Texas. "Not only can we save the environment, we can create jobs and opportunity. We're tired of fear; we're tired of division. We want something new. We want to turn the page. The world as it is is not the world as it has to be."

"It's very up-tempo and it's not too political," political ad analyst Evan Tracey said of Obama's ad. "It's a come-join-with-me, get-out-of-your-chair message."

Also, for the record, I didn't see it here in Arlington, but I wasn't paying much attention to the TV either.