New Hope On The Uniter/Divider Front?
What is significant about this otherwise "elementary" photo-op is the way Obama -- in contrast to Bush/McCain -- continues to model a fundamentally different attitude and approach to hate, to conflict, to "the other."
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Nauseous
Sure, sure. I understand Memorial Day means an overflowing hopper-full of dueling photo ops with multiple generations of America's finest. That doesn't make me any less nauseous to see these emotionally manipulative newswire shots of McCain, however.
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Your Turn: Politics With A Personal Touch
So, what do you make of this front page trypich in this AM's NYT. I'm not just thinking about the content, but also the order/sequencing. (Not to draw too much attention to this one fact, by the way, but look at the prominence given to the secret service coverage...
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Killing The Electricity
Hillary's reference to Kennedy's assassination as a justification for her staying in the race is not just based on the fact that Kennedy fell so late in the political calendar. As the youthful radiance of this portrait suggests, Clinton sees Obama more as a phenomenon, one that could...
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Teddy, Hillary, Rummy And Puppy
Of the photos from Ted Kennedy's historic life and prodigious career, I found this one the most politically interesting. (And then, how often do you have something this good to read at every corner?)
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The First Post-American President?
What's your vote for the key element in the pic? Is it the flag pin -- BHO's newest fashion accessory and inoculation against swipes at his patriotism? Well, I would contend it's the copy of Fareed Zakaria's new book, The Post-American World.
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The Unique Terms Of That Last Hurdle
This shot of Obama clearing a hurdle at the University of Oregon is a fitting analogy for the campaign.
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Your Turn: Rock 'n Roll
I'm a bit on the move today. I'll be back in the afternoon with a closer look at Obamamania (or I'll join you in the thread). In the meantime, feel free.
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McCain, The General, And Wars On The Face, Too
I'm surprised to see McCain offer such vulnerability -- and I don't see where he benefits by it. I would imagine his posse, especially Black and Schmidt, would have preferred him to stick to the hero-warrior persona.
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Service Entrance
This photo of Hillary Clinton is the kind of pic that will (cheaply) incite the more hardened partisans. To the Hill folk, it's a total cheap shot, but to the Obamaniac, she brought it upon herself.
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Your Turn: McCain's Stowaway
I especially like how the image captures the different political platforms and "talk streams" in play this year, not to mention Huffington's tenacity in, once again (see video), finding her way onto McCain's radar.
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Obama-Edwards: Just A Convention(al) Photo
Besides play to the fantasies of those Edwards fans (anyone looking from Kentucky?), the Obama campaign even got Drudge, no less, to deliver the caption.
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Hung Over In Mississippi
The pic was shot Monday, the day before the GOP -- running hard against Obama in Mississippi (and hitting all the racial keys) -- lost still another special Congressional election. On one hand, it's a fairly run-of-the-mill newswire shot. For an Administration that has made its name on the...
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The West Virginia Numbers
Looking at the newswire images of Clinton and Obama in West Virginia, it's hard not to take note of the racial breakdown.
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Your Turn: Indiana
This was shot about a week ago at a Clinton rally at Indiana Tech. It makes me think how, over the past four or five months, I've tried to remain more or less impartial in the Democratic race, and how I seem to have lost that battle of late.
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John and Cindy's 2000 Vote: The Matter Of The Children
There was an interesting moment in Thursday's interview with Cindy McCain on the TODAY Show, especially in light of the intense buzz around whether the McCains voted for Bush in 2000.
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The BAG Prepares For The Second Coming (Of Obama-Mania)
Back in the cold of January, when Alan Chin was up in New Hampshire shooting for BNN, we didn't know whether, come the fall, the Obama picture would look more like this or this. I'm not saying the race is over, but it's been pure torture trying to visually...
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Winning, Going Away?
This shot led yesterday's final NYT Indy/N.Carolina primary slide show. It seems even more vital this morning.
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