Location, Location, Location
What was significant today is what we didn't see -- specifically photos of Obama on Capitol Hill meeting face-to-face with Republican House and Senate leadership over the stimulus plan.
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Obama Going MAD
MAD Magazine has a classic send up of the expectations and pressure on Obama out-of the-chute.
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Controlling The Space
Just days into the new administration, it seems the President and the press are engaged in some serious turf marking.
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Your Turn: George Washington Obama
The caricature of Obama as George Washington was The New Yorker's choice of cover for his first week in office.
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More Obama "Behind The Scenes": The Look Of Love
This photo is part of the latest "behind the scenes" photo set leaked to the press by White House Photographer Pete Souza.
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Faithfully
I think the choice of this Christopher Morris photo as TIME's inauguration commemorative cover relays a couple of elements that are still being appreciated by the country and the media. The first is how vibrant and central an impact (the face-front) Michelle Obama is going to have on the...
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Social Positions
It will be interesting to see how the Obamas use the social rooms in the White House, and how -- especially compared to George and Laura Bush -- they set the tone and dynamic with their guests.
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Oval Office, Day 1
For the moment, this scene is profound to the eye as the first White House photo of Obama officially at the desk, in the chair.
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Behind The Scenes
This image of Barack Obama was photographed by Callie Shell in a holding room at the Capitol right before the inauguration ceremony.
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And We Remain
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) with his wife Michelle, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) and his wife Jill (2nd R), watch as the presidential helicopter carrying former U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife Laura, leave the U.S. Capitol after Obama was sworn in
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From The Obama Train
BAGnewsNotes contributer Nina Berman offers us this emotional view from the Obama "Freedom Train."
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Out Of Lincoln, Etc.
As the inauguration show kicks off in Washington, this photo offers the Obamas walking down the stairs of the Lincoln Memorial as part of the HBO "We Are One" extravaganza. The way Obama aligns with the statue visually plays with the sense that Obama actually emanates from his hero...
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And, After The Train Goes By
On reflection, I can see how much I got pulled right into the romanticization of the Obama train ride to Washington.
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