Re-Elected
If it's easy for him to feel proud of his family, it seemed last night he allowed himself to feel proud of himself, too.
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Barack, Mitt and Sandy: Final Exam (or: Why My Friend Saw Obama in this Photo with the Joint Chiefs)
Now my question is, how do you get from a typical three officer tarmac greeting at a military airfield we've seen a thousand times to the Joint Chiefs?
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Sandy 1: Political Contrast of the Day
Tracking images of Hurricane Sandy: Paul Ryan/Barack Obama edition
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My Rock Star, My President
What's fascinating is that the celebrity versus substance argument, in Obama's case, is not an either-or proposition. The truth is: Obama is (also) a celebrity, a rock star, a cultural icon.
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Obama: The Pamphleteer
After a very solid debate performance, I don't know how you could offer up a weaker morning-after visual.
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Debate Three: Romney – Obama in Screen Shots. Bombs Away! (Updated)
Granted, Obama was mocking and derisive at times (most notably delivering Mitt the weaponry lecture). What the screen shot seems to depict, however, is Obama not only looking at ease, but actually enjoying himself
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Pic of the Night? (…Yeah, Revised With that Fuzzy Crazy Other One)
I assume a lot of people are going to see Obama bringing the passion as the whole story. But there’s more going on here. Was Obama the central figure/more grounded? Is Romney’s back up? …Did the tie colors play true to form? I know this one’s getting more action: but...
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Last Look at the Post-Debate Split-Screen Tit-for-Tat
I like this screen shot as a last word from the DR print edition. Pox on both their houses.
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The Optics of the First Romney – Obama Debate: Obama's Grin, and Paying For It
What with all the instances where Obama seemed to agree with Romney, or let him off the hook, I think what we were seeing in Obama was actually an obsequiousness.
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Through the Campaign ’12 Window: Obama, Women and the General Assembly
The future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons. from: Obama’s speech to the General Assembly, September 25, 2012 If...
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Obama on The View, Romney's Whoopi Anxiety and the State-of-the-Art White House Pop Culture Machine
When people look back and ask how Obama defeated Romney, one of the more unsung reasons will be pop culture. Because Obama has done the TV circuit so many time, his appearance on ABC’s The View this week actually had to touted as “the President and the First Lady’s...
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Trappings of the Office: "Third Man" in the Campaign, and in Last Night's Dueling CBS Interviews
Looks like the the C.I.C. might be covering his flank a bit with this one, the fresh Flickr photo likely a response to the uptick in vulnerability lately on Libya, Egypt and foreign policy. Taken on August 1st and posted Friday, that’s an impressive landing party with all the...
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F-ing With Your Mind: What Makes the Austin "Chair Lynching" so Brilliantly Hateful
I posted this on the Bag’s Facebook page yesterday not knowing how much the discussion and disturbance surrounding it would grow. As not just an analyst of visual politics but having done my doctoral dissertation on the psychological properties of effective metaphors, I wanted to explain in a simple...
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Obama’s "Lift" Coming Out of Charlotte: The Definitive Picture
So the question is, why is this photo attracting so much buzz on the social nets? Answer: it elects to define Obama’s standing coming off Labor Day and the conventions. While Nate Silver rummages through the post Charlotte data and hints about a statistically significant shift Obama’s way, the...
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Obama: Imagining The Worst Thing That Could Happen
It looks like a noise caused everyone to startle for an instant. That's not what makes it a dramatic news photo, though.
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Of Birthers and Banners
A week ago, I would have skipped over this as petty. But with the Romney campaign that they aren't going to win without rallying white men, be careful what you ask for.
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