Game faces

Campaign 2012: 10 images to remember

Campaign 2012 is rich with images that conjure the seriousness and silliness that unfold side by side in any presidential race. Here are 10 to remember (or forget).

$The debates offered viewers a collage of images that traced the rhetorical highs and lows. Think of Obama\'s downcast eyes and pursed lips during the Romney smackdown that was the first debate. Or the two candidates invading each other\'s space in their town-hall encounter. "I thought it was a real moment," Biden said later. "When they were kind of circling each other, it was like, hey, come on, man, let\'s level with each other here."$

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The debates offered viewers a collage of images that traced the rhetorical highs and lows. Think of Obama's downcast eyes and pursed lips during the Romney smackdown that was the first debate. Or the two candidates invading each other's space in their town-hall encounter. "I thought it was a real moment," Biden said later. "When they were kind of circling each other, it was like, hey, come on, man, let's level with each other here."

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Campaign 2012: 10 images to remember

Campaign 2012 is rich with images that conjure the seriousness and silliness that unfold side by side in any presidential race. Here are 10 to remember (or forget).

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