Campaign 2016: And the Award for Ad Most Likely to Make You Hungry

Sometimes politics transcends... well, politics. This campaign ad from Senator Jeff Merkley that was emailed out on Monday is an example of that.

Merkley is the junior senator from Oregon. He's a Democrat. Not everyone agrees with what he has to say. But, without a doubt, if there was an award for best Halloween-themed campaign ad, whomever in his office came up with this one, would likely win.

Under the subject line - Swedish Fish going extinct - the writer uses candy as a version of emoji to get the point across.

"We don't need the 3 Musketeers to save our planet..."

"You don't need climate Smarties to tell you what's going on..."

"It's Crunch time..."

Again, you may agree or disagree with the message but clever is clever.

If you need me, I'll be at the bowl with the candy for trick-or-treaters (don't tell my wife).