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Self-identified as change agents, weren't these guys, themselves, supposed to embody the "new new thing?"
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Obama: Campaign Bus As Metaphor
I think people are freaked out by the bus because it's a prominent and quite overt metaphor for a President who can't be pinned down, who can't and won't be identified.
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Strange White House Photo From Aboard Obama Bus
He sort of looks trapped, don't you think?
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Obama Still Letting GOP Define Terms
I mean, Michael Deaver, looking at Obama with the hay bales, must be laughing from the grave.
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Pres-i-dent
Surely I wasn't the only one thinking the pic of Jennifer Hudson singing Happy Birthday to Obama had a Marilyn vibe, was I?
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Obama Signs Budget Bill; White House a Lonely Place
...Or, maybe I should I have titled this: Obama Finally Does Eat His Peas.
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Your Turn: The Problem We All Live With
I'm not only interested in your thoughts on the photo, but also the way Obama has handled the issue of race and his own black identity.
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President Boehner (Or, Obama Losing the Pulpit)
If Obama has found himself in a trap where the Repubs now have equal TV billing as well as equal weight driving the economic agenda, however, he's brought it upon himself by way of his pervasive pursuit of collaboration and consensus.
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Obama/Boehner: Where's the Beer?
Q: How can Obama be the president you want him to be when he’s facing this Republican Congress? A: I’ll put it this way, brother: You’ve got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it. If you’re...
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Poster of the Day: Having Their Way With Obama?
He’s straddling the center, but look where he’s headed. If your feet aren’t planted, you’re sort of up for grabs, no? With the frustration with Obama these days for playing Salomon, this wire photo of the right-wing Iowan making off with him seems to strike a chord. But then,...
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Obama: That Man's Got No Rhythm
I just saw this photo of Obama on the Newsweek Tumblr site and had a few thoughts: 1. Is this racist? Does it relegate Obama to a stereotypical black depiction? (IE: if he’s not such an effective president, can we turn him into a musician?) 2. The pic is...
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Debt Ceiling: Obama Not Looking So Hot
Seems like a lot of downward gazes around the White House these days.
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Brand Watch: POTUS Edition
Show me another President who has been better at identifying himself with trends and brands than 44.
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White House Flickr Snapshot – Late June '11 Edition (#2): Beware the Bubble
I'm wondering why Souza posted that shot of Obama above, and whether it communicates more than the duty and engagement the White House imagines it does.
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White House Flickr Snapshot – Late June '11 Edition (#1): War and Economy
The lack of focus on the war or the economy in the last group of photos uploaded to the White House Flickr stream is a real mystery.
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The White House Picture on Historic Pride Weekend
If the tone and body language in the White House photo seems to parallel Cuomo and Bloomberg, et. al. at the Pride March, the comparison stops there.
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The Golf Summit
As the first African-American president, one with the foreign name who rode into Washington with the supposedly liberal pedigree, Obama's fascination with golf, and particularly, golf photo ops (yeah, what happened to those bball games?) can be seen to reassure conservatives and and the establishment.
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