Cheap Shots: 1st '12 GOP Debate. (Just Pointing 'Em Out.)
Thought Newt was going "Twitter-only."
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The Missionary
I was going to juxtapose this photo with a pic from the GOP debate in Iowa last night, but the forgettable (and forgettably early) scene wouldn't really have held up.
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Disabled Infants as Campaign Props: Santorum, Palin and a Trig Update
To follow up (because little Trig was really the catalyst for the Santorum Tumble), I was interested to know whether and how much Sarah's Downs son was being showcased these days.
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Mitt on the Great White Way
Here's a few points deconstructing the Newsweek Mitt Mormon cover. (Or, a few points on Newsweek's Mitt Mormon destruction cover.)
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Romney Kick Off: Really, Half-a-Suit?
Play him as a non-nonsense managerial type and he's got a chance. Otherwise...
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What if the Media Stopped Sensationalizing Sarah Palin?
What if the media simply showed Team Palin as flimflam as they really are?
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Newt, Glitter and the Gotcha Media
Maybe the real discussion we should be having here, especially after a member of Congress was attacked and maimed in Tucson this year, is not just how to elevate the discussion and encourage a more constructive atmosphere in Washington and in the media, but, bottom-line, how to physically protect...
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Newsweek Having it Both Ways with Sexy Callista
If NewsBeast is ultimately interested in playing every angle and buttering up everybody while building its own brand, it does so perfectly here.
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The Real Trump Take-Away: Media-Induced Scratch-and-Claw
Given the media’s complicity in the production of a pseudo-debate between The Donald and Obama, one thing we can be sure of heading into Campaign 2012 is that no criticisms of news-as-infotainment will be heeded.
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Something Newt and Something Old
What I really like about Nina Berman's photo of Newt Gingrich (from "somewhere in Georgia" in '96) in light of the '12 announcement.
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The Donald Revised
Of course, it would be a complete delusion to even assume that one word, or one cover, could effect a U-turn when it comes to the treatment and cultural platform afforded these types of actors, but it's a wonderful wish.
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Obama Meets Facebook
I’m fascinated with Wednesday’s photos from Palo Alto and what’s going on with the two brands. On the one hand, it seems that Zuckerberg and Facebook subsume Obama, reducing the President to, yeah, just another face on FB. On the other hand, if Facebook is “all that” right now,...
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Palin Wisconsin
It was one thing to bask in the glow when the Tea Party had the media to itself and there was no end to the eccentricity. However, with Wisconsin the lightening rod for a two-sided battle driven by quite sober political and economic concerns, Palin is looking less substantive...
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Donald Framed
By the way, I don't think the corner is unfinished ala Washington’s portrait. I think it's just the flash. The effect, though, doesn't go badly with that sky and the sense of heavenly power, potential storm and rays from a deity.
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More Scenes from Iowa: Bachmann Fans
Can’t tell if it’s all the protection (the cops way out of sync with each other), the lime green, or the hunched Jamie Farr-looking guy seemingly jumping out of the bushes with the tense grip, but this shot of Bachmann doing the Iowa 2012 dance feels (in perhaps a subtle commentary...
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2012: What's Brewing
After Wisconsin, does Santorum really think it's safe to do a blue-collar photo-op .. in a bar ... in a suit?
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