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Campaign '12 Photo November 9, 2012

Businessweek and the Obama Age Progression Cover

Taken as a metaphor for the problems facing his administration, will the next four years be a greater challenge than those facing Obama in his first term?

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Photo November 8, 2012

Stacie Laughton: One of Many Firsts

New Hampshire brings yet another first their state politics.

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Campaign '12 Photo November 7, 2012

The Romney Brain Trust and the Length of the Shadows

Having taken a weak product and injected new life into it, it would be a mistake to see the shadow here as blanketing the operatives equally.

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Campaign '12 Photo September 14, 2012

The Republican Spring (and More on "the Smirk")

Call it the Week of Long Knives, eating your own, or Republican Spring...whichever way you slice it, Mitt Romney has had a horrible week and GOP stalwarts have been liberated from party discipline.

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Photo September 6, 2012

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama: The "Empty Chair" in Charlotte Last Night

In staging that empty space between the First Lady and the Vice President, the Obama election team visually managed the expectations of everyone in the hall and watching on TV. It was subtle and brilliant. It was a dig at the republican schtick and it succeeded where Eastwood's...

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Campaign '12 Photo August 28, 2012

Straining the Tea out of the Party and Vanquishing the Also-Rans (Or, Sarah Palin's a Stripper in Tampa)

In what could be a quick edition of "where are they now," the question is how did the Romney camp and the party establishment appease the Tea Party, Michele Bachmann, Hermann Cain, Ron Paul?

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Photo August 18, 2012

Obama the Subservient Revisited

Given Mitt Romney's disastrous foreign tour at the start of the Olympics, photos from Obama's foreign visits feel like a visual walk in the park. It's noticeable that the right has yet to trot out photos of Obama's deference to the diplomatic moment in their defense of Mitt Romney's...

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Photo August 17, 2012

Retail Revisited: Romney, Ryan at the Sandwich Shop

Did Romney and Ryan seal the deal last Spring while working the counter before the Wisconsin Primary? In this post from April 4th, we considered both the chemistry and the retail politics of Romney-Ryan.

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Photo August 16, 2012

Gravitas Revisited: When Obama Became Acting President

Looking back at Campaign '08, photo after photo showed Obama looking presidential, even inevitable in the contest with McCain. Today, despite the fact the country is still in that ditch, the pictures don't necessary support the attack line that Obama is failing at the job.

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Photo August 15, 2012

Palin Re-Re-Revisited: Proud to be Trash (But Not Trashed)

If the Ryan VP pick satisfied the party's intellectual base, should the GOP ignore the queen of its emotional base by refusing to have her speak at the upcoming RNC convention? Will she comply or will she speak to her supporters in a Tampa parking lot? In a "base-rallying"...

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Photo August 14, 2012

Campaign Narratives Revisited: GOP "Handicapped"

We’re thinking now that the early campaign narrative remains pretty much intact: Obama vs. the Seven Dwarfs.

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Photo August 13, 2012

"Team of Rivals" Revisited: Hillary for Joe

Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan for Vice President takes us down memory lane to revisit the so-called Hillary for Joe swap that became the cornerstone of Obama's "Team of Rivals" cabinet.

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Photo August 11, 2012

Obama Budget Politics Revisited: Target Ryan

This photo serves as a major cautionary note and a reminder to the Romney campaign of the high risk involved in casting their lot with the Ryan plan. It's hard to believe the President isn't looking forward to the Fall having already thrashed the plan with the Congressman sitting...

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International Focus Photo August 2, 2012

"Disappeared" Olympic 7/7 Tribute: NBC Perpetuates Myth Terror Only Happens to Americans

NBC perpetuated the myth that terror only happened to Americans. That we can't identify or relate to the loss experienced by other peoples, other nations. That we don't look or feel like everyone else.

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Campaign '12 Photo July 16, 2012

Campaign 2012: So What’s With All the Slogans?

The question is: what's with the rapid cycling of slogans on backdrops and posters in the presidential campaign?

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Photo June 25, 2012

TIME Covers: Asked and Answered

The top cover is next week’s U.S. Edition. The one below will appear next week in international markets. I suppose they did this on purpose: Resolve the question premised on one cover with an answer posed on another.

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Women and Gender Focus Photo June 24, 2012

The Hillary Cool – Continued

When's the Mardi Gras Tumblr?

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Karen Hull Photo June 22, 2012

Egypt's Muslim Sisterhood: How We See Them or How They See Themselves?

Veiled and separate, the women depicted in this Time photo essay are political players who note their inequality even while participating in it. Is it simply a Western view or are these photographs slightly subversive?

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