He's a family man, @BarackObama, and if he's outspent and loses at the polls, he can always go back to his family and his legacy.
He's a family man, Barack, and if he's outspent and loses at the polls, he can always go back to his family and his legacy. Although, only one of those possibilities is coming to fruition right now. It is quite possible Barack Obama's fund raising machine will fail to raise the amount of money necessary to stay even or ahead of the fund raisers and bundlers who are working to put R & R into the White House. Right now, it looks as if Obama - Biden has a lead in the polls and the Democrats have had a flack attack ready to stymie the Romney and Ryan ticket. It's been exceptionally effective, truly poisoning the Republican well. And most of the message has been propagated for free by the Democratic faithful manning their volunteer social media stations. I think it will be the first debate before anyone gets a real clear look at Romney the man.
However, much of the Democratic flack falls inside the friendly camp. Many of those social media flacks understand little about penetrating through belief systems. Obama's whole armament of advertisement doesn't seem to talk to Middle America, who is just looking for a better deal on the economy and taxes. We can barely think about our tax bill, and the ads require me to think and be envious of the rich. That's a cognitive task for me a bit beyond my simple level of thinking. I saw a message approved by Barack Obama tonight and the tone was rich and pleasing when Obama approved the message from the Oval Office. It took a satirical tone shockingly fast. It changed to a putrid palette when it began talking about Romney. I though I had entered the world of a cartoon. R & R. That's Romney and Ryan. Where did the Romney camp come up with the arrogant R without a back line, dribbling the American flag to the lower serif of the R? I love how Pete Souza has captured the connectedness of the family, Barack clasping a hand of each of his daughter. I guess I have to ask all the candidates to reveal their last Christmas card pictures so I can contemplate each one. Official portrait by Pete Souza of the Obama family in the Oval Office.11 December 2011
Pete Souza, official White House photographer

