The Connection Between John McCain And Bristol Palin
What resonates in this photo -- in John McCain's over-the-top chuckle and his focus on Bristol Palin -- is how much McCain's impulsive, yet potentially world changing decision to ask Bristol's mom onto the ticket without vetting her echoes Bristol's impulsive act of getting pregnant
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Palin's Place
I've been trying to get a handle on the Sarah-Bristol-Trig story since the Kos piece came out alleging that Trig wasn't Sarah's baby. Where I landed on this, even before this AM's news that Bristol is pregnant, is that Sarah Palin has serious character and judgement problems. One person...
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Palin's Finger On The Trigger
You know what scares the bejesus out of me? The site of Sarah Palin -- potentially a heartbeat away from looking Putin in the eye -- holding an arming device.
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Our Man On The Floor: Obama's Night … And Some Notes On Reality
I hope you enjoyed our coverage of the convention (and recall it fondly when we get our fundraising act together in the coming few months). Of course, I'm sure you've already enjoyed Alan's wonderful images in our final show of the show.
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Sarah Palin: America's Veep Hottie
Touché to Rove, convincing the youth and charisma-challenged McCain campaign to go with Sarah Palin on a (literal) Hail Mary pass
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What About Palin
Just got off the plane from Denver. The visual dynamics of this are just fascinating. First impressions? (image: Reuters.
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Our Man On The Floor: The Obama Connection
Eighty thousand people, and every one feels like Obama's talking directly to them.
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Our Man On The Floor: The Average Joe
I think Biden -- and I believe this comes through in the pictures of the two men together -- lends a strong, grounding anchor to to this high-energy "change campaign," especially with the kind of inordinate, made-for-television presentation requirements necessary today (on the part of each party) to sell...
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Our Man On The Floor: That Old Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton gave the Democrats and Obama what they really need from him last night in Denver, which was simply the look of joy.
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Our Man On The Floor: "And, Four Years Ago…"
It was not lost on anyone last night that, had Kerry been even halfway as straightforward and aggressive in '04, this would have been his convention. It was that recognition on the part of our photographer, Alan Chin, that caused him to catch this photo, and only this...
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Later Today: Our Man On The Floor With Bill, Joe, John …and Barack
Stay tuned. (All images © Alan Chin. Denver.
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The Centrality Of The Normal Family
I thought Michelle Obama's speech was effective and strategic and she came across well. But, the visual strategies seem to be relentless in their message of the ideal and happy family.
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Celeb Attack On A Monumental Scale
The right wing smear machine has already kicked into high gear as the first pictures of Obama's stage at Invesco field have leaked out. Of course, following the celeb meme foisted on us by McCain and his surrogates, Obama is being slammed for the stage layout--a half ring of...
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One Verge Of Nomination, Obama The Menace
As the convention pivots, turning its attention to the nominee, I'm concerned in advance as to how the traditional media will frame (poor choice of words, I hope) Barack Obama. If the cover of TIME's convention preview is any indication, however, we're in trouble.
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Our Man On The Floor: What Hillary Put Her Finger On
It's hard to say how it carried at home, but what made the Clinton speech so thoroughly electric here last night is that it activated and (finally) integrated two completely different sentiments often contradicting each other throughout the '08 Democratic race
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Our Man On The Floor: Beyond The Glamour And The Power
Just beyond the glamour and the power on display this week in Denver, let's not lose site of the men and women paying the price to make it go.
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The Democratic Flag
If the flag, to the GOP, is about strength, power and division, the Democratic flag is a lot more about connection.
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Our Man On The Floor: The Michelle (And Biden) Buzz
Alan Chin filed these images from Michelle Obama's appearance this morning at the Colfax Event Center in which Joe Biden also made a surprise appearance. A buzz is building.
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