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Notes Photo March 27, 2009

One Day’s Mad Is The Next Day’s Madcap

At the end of another long and all-too-serious week, I thought I'd offer up something a little offbeat.   

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Notes Photo March 19, 2009

Whaaaaaaaaaah!!!

Barry Blitt's cover illustration on the new New Yorker has a great twist. Not sure I completely understand it, but it still made me lol.

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Notes Photo March 10, 2009

The Steele Watch: No Business Like Show Business

What a great send-up of "stage act" Michael Steele.

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Notes Photo March 9, 2009

The Tim Watch: Scrambled Or Over Easy?

Because Geithner is obviously not running around with his hair on fire, the look of deliberation implies one of two opposite meanings.

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Notes Photo March 8, 2009

The Gap

Even the White House slide show on the health care forum seemed a little distant, by the way, playing with backgrounds and spending two pics on the presence of Teddy Kennedy. Given the White House emphasis on bipartisanship, dialogue and interactivity in these forums, it's also curious the person...

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Notes Photo March 5, 2009

Michelle At Arlington

Perhaps the photo op of the week involved Michelle Obama at the Women in Military Service Memorial Center at Arlington.

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Rushmania

Despite plenty of options to choose from, both WAPO and the NYT ran the same picture of "the head of the Republican Party" within the past few days. Why?

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Notes Photo March 4, 2009

Your Turn: Karl Has Young Repubs For Lunch

This photo (that Rove posted himself on Twitpics the other day) comes with all kinds of delectables.

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Peace Train

This White House photo broadcasts at least two things. One is Team Obama's speed and momentum. The other is the Administration's progress in laying claim to the political middle.

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Notes Photo February 27, 2009

Michelle Obama’s Official Portrait (Or: Take That, Jefferson!)

In a brilliant if subtle move, Michelle Obama uses her official White House portrait to juxtapose herself, as First Lady, with slave-owning Thomas Jefferson.

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Notes Photo February 26, 2009

Little More State Of The Union

I enjoy the tilt-shift technique. Still, I'm wondering about the dynamics here, in this State of the Union photo by Brooks Kraft for the TIME White House photo site.

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Notes Photo February 25, 2009

Refusing To Sully The Everyday Hero?

  Consider these two "State of the Union" photos, and particularly, their implications for the difference between Obama and Bush.

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Notes Photo February 22, 2009

Bury Us Not On The Lone Prairie

Equally recognized for his theatrics, his blind fiscal conservatism and his presidential ambitions, last week Governor Mark Sanford galloped onto the national stage by threatening to reject $2.8 billion in federal stimulus dollars for S.... Last February, Jim Morrill at Standard.Net offered this background on the Gov when Sanford...

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Notes Photo February 18, 2009

Michelle At The Interior

What's most elegant about Michelle Obama.

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Notes Photo February 12, 2009

Con-Census (From Both Sides): Gregg Looked Suspicious

Was Judd Gregg a trojan horse? Seems there were suspicions, on both sides, from the beginning.

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Notes Photo February 11, 2009

Your Turn: The World’s Been Waiting

BAGnewsNotes readers respond to the Michelle O. Vogue cover.

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Notes Photo February 6, 2009

Oh Lord

Although Reid was only resting his eyes for a moment, the image -- taken in the heat of the Senate stimulus debate -- symbolizes and epitomizes what's wrong with the Democrats.

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Friday Afternoon Your Turn: I’ve Looked At Clouds From Both Sides Now

Although I'm constantly amused by the over-the-top images and juxtapositions leading The Huffington Post , I haven't really called one out before. This seemed particularly enticing, though, especially for a Friday afternoon.

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