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Notes Photo January 7, 2008

Adoration Of The Primary

Somebody in the Huckabee camp knows how to frame an evocative (religious) photograph.

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Notes Photo January 6, 2008

New Hampshire Debate: Spit Shine

The way a snickering John McCain was peppering Romney with cheap shots in the debate last night, he even made the Huckster seem like a grown up.

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New Hampshire Debate: Seeing Hillary More Like People Who Know Her Do

The problem with Hillary's beautifully freewheeling response last night to John Edwards -- in a minute defined much more by passion than anger -- is the stark contrast it drew with her "expression of self" the rest of the time.

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Notes Photo January 5, 2008

"Almost Falling In The Aisles" by P.T. Huckabee

This pic reinforces (as did the hunting gig; the shaving gig; the Leno gig; and the ad-pulling gig) how much the Huckster has them looking not falling in the aisles.

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Notes Photo January 4, 2008

You Can Have One Or The Other, But Not Both

As Clinton campaign tries to pull in the kids, this shot from Nashua nails the problem.

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Winnowing

Respects to Biden and Chris Dodd.

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That Ain't A Cross Off His Shoulder This Time

The Huckster might crash and burn after New Hampshire, but he's got one of the shrewdest PR instincts I've seen in awhile.

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Notes Photo January 3, 2008

Iowa 38 – 30 – 29

After that victory speech, the Obama/JFK comparison came up more than a few times.

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Iowa Pin Up #2: Great Expectations

If Obama doesn't win, it will spoil one great image.  The message is : Ready for take-off.  Able to leap the entire political system in a single bound.

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Iowa Pin Up: Parting Shots

In Iowa, were down to the (visual) bitter end.

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Notes Photo January 2, 2008

.. So I Caught The Haircut, But Missed The Shoe Shine

So I caught the Huckabee haircut, but missed the shoeshine.

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Mitt Goes For The Uhh … Silver

It's not surprising how, comes to crunch time, Mitt the Corporate Raider's signature analogy involves the Olympics ... and precious metals.  If there is a #1 loser in Iowa, however, it has to be Mitt, who blew $17 mil and counting only to end up in a dogfight with...

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Taking Aim At Edwards

Both the article and the image seem really scary, especially in light of the recent Bhutto assassination and the fact that Iraq had virtually disappeared from the campaign dialogue.

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Notes Photo January 1, 2008

Your Turn: Displaying An Edge

I keep thinking crazy Huck is going to disappear, or self-eviscerate, by the end of January.  But who knows?  In the meantime, he's proving effective in drawing attention to himself, and stringing together one curious photo op after another.

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Notes Photo December 31, 2007

Iowa Countdown: Two Sides Of A Lotta Coin

We've heard a lot of rhetoric in the campaign about "two Americas."  What we've heard next-to-nothing about is how the have's, backed by monied interests in all shapes and sizes, tap fortunes to buy eyeballs, interest, and ultimately, yes, elections.

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Where's The Fire?

Did I hear somebody out there say "first responder?"  As we come down to the wire in Iowa, it looks like Rudy's not the only one playing up 9/11.

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Notes Photo December 30, 2007

Shading Obama

why is it so threatening to the corporate media that Obama identifies himself, not as a black politician, but a politician who happens to be black?

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Notes Photo December 29, 2007

Stooping For The Blue Bunny

At this address, it is a matter of pride, if not duty, to visually convey the comparison between contemporary politics and a well-oiled Broadway production.

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