Saturday, August 4, 2012

A Two-Dimensional President

Reed Galen, RealClearPolitics
Watching the Olympics from Southern California, where I live, I saw my first ad on behalf of Barack Obama's re-election campaign. Titled "The Choice," it is a rubber-mallet contrast spot, with the president speaking directly to the camera.What I took away from it was how, in just four years, Obama's famously cool demeanor now comes across as flat -- just like the U.S. economy. That is not a coincidence, but it explains why his message seems so hollow.As with most campaigns today, every concept has been thoroughly focused-grouped, leaving little art and too much...

Mitch McConnell Gabrielle Giffords Nancy Pelosi Barney Frank John A. Boehner

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