Barack Obama is running his first two campaign ads in Iowa this week. Titled “Choices” and “Carry,” they’re mini-bios. Here are the mini-versions.

Choices: college grad, community organizer helping workers displaced by closing of steel mills, Harvard Law, brilliant, passed up cushy Wall Street gigs to serve the community, dedicated to making people’s live better, able to leap tall buildings.

Carry: elected state senator, worked on deep issues, not influenced by lobbyists, bipartisan, respected, negotiating skills, ability to understand both sides, more powerful than a locomotive.