In a new ad scheduled to run in Iowa and New Hampshire, Senator Chris Dodd is touted as the only candidate “with an energy plan that has a courageous corporate carbon tax to transform American industry.” A bunch of ethnically diverse kids sing “We’ve got the whole world in our hands” as they play with globes. If a shot of frolicking puppies were included, the ad might have achieved a spot in the Cliche Hall of Fame.

MORE: See Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza on the Dodd ad strategy.