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Notes Photo December 23, 2011

The White House Military Christmas, and Christmas-in-Mourning Trees

I’m not sure I get the mourning holiday tree. Who decorates a Christmas tree with dead people?

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Notes Photo December 20, 2011

Next Up: The White House Christmas Card

As we segue from the Romney's summery Christmas to the WH first family holiday portrait, I'm interested in your thoughts on the White House Christmas card.

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Notes Photo December 16, 2011

The Obama Holiday Portrait: Holding on for Dear Life?

The tell-tale element is the tension in Michelle and Barack's bodies.

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Notes Photo December 9, 2011

Heartland Hope and Motorcade Love: Osawatomie Through a White House Lens

In these days of brass tacks, Pete Souza's lens isn't looking for Kansans in the fold. No, the strategy here simply is to capture and demonstrate citizens of the heartland are still willing to hear out and even look to the President.

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Notes Photo December 3, 2011

Obama Through Bono’s Glasses

This photo from World AIDS Day illustrates how unclear it is where Obama is coming from on important conscience issues.

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Notes Photo November 16, 2011

Off Colors of Benetton: Obama as Gay Lover

With the American election coming up, I'm not exactly seeing the un-hate agenda here.

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Notes Photo October 10, 2011

Occupy Obama

My guess is that the WH offered up this photo to broadcast Obama is more than aware of the raw frustrations. Still, running the picture is clearly a gamble.

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Notes Photo October 5, 2011

Preview of Coming Attractions: Obama Jobs Roadshow Meets "Occupy Wall Street"

Can you imagine the pill Obama's communications people must be trying to swallow right now as the jobs roadshow, slickly packaged in a populist narrative, comes in contact with the raw, real thing?

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Notes Photo September 29, 2011

How Brown America Has Become

I have to admit, the aesthetics of this pic from Tuesday's Obama photo-op got me.

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Notes Photo September 26, 2011

Obama Flickr Update: Chris Christie's Got My Back

What's most notable about the new batch of photos uploaded to the WH Flickr Stream?

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Notes Photo September 24, 2011

O O

I hope this photo is an outlier, and not how the campaign season is shaping up.

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Notes Photo September 23, 2011

Barach Obama? Yeah, in his Prayers

Nobody's mensch.

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Notes Photo September 19, 2011

Obama's Latest Relaunch: Titantic or PT 109?

Question is, is this drawing good news or bad news?

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Notes Photo September 18, 2011

Carville vs. Daley, Illustrated

A picture I imagine Carville would label Exhibit #1 in his Team Obama broadside.

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Notes Photo September 14, 2011

Jobs on the Line (his Included)

If the picture has turned up all over, I'm wondering what the message is.

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Notes Photo September 8, 2011

Obama's Jobs Address: Key Optics

If Obama gave a solid speech last night to a joint session of Congress, there were several moments that kept me from going all-Pollyanna.

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The President of the United States Requests Permission to Enter!

Given the country's political straights and what we've observed of Obama so far, however, I'm sure others would argue the photo captures a dramatically different quality.

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Notes Photo September 4, 2011

Tea Party Mans the Swift Boat: Obama As Angry, Bobbling, "Uncle Slam"

Holding the father role over Obama's head, the bobbleheaded epitome of government is characterized as a complainer with a superiority complex.

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