Barack and Michelle Exit the Stage

    Barack and Michelle Obama exciting the stage after a campaign stop in Des Moines, IA. Less than 24 hours after this photo was taken Mr. Obama won the Iowa Caucus.

    Reflecting on this night three years after, it really does capture Obama at the last moment of the "underdog" phase of his campaign. The following day he would rise to national prominence and, with the help the national media who were in the gymnasium with him the previous night, would be catapulted to near a "front-runner" status.

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      entity119, letlightraindown, twoeightnine, Amerynn, and 20 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. trevorlsciact (62 months ago | reply)

      I love this image.

    3. twoeightnine (60 months ago | reply)

      wow. such a great photo.

    4. leighandjim (60 months ago | reply)

      I'm taking this and distributing to all the Barack lovers in the office. Wonderful photo. By the way, I found it on Neatorama here:

      www.neatorama.com/

      Thanks!

    5. Timo Heuer (59 months ago | reply)

      just came here via wikipedia, amazing shot!

    6. PoliticalCourier (57 months ago | reply)

      thanks everyone!

    7. [nico] nicodewal (51 months ago | reply)

      Saw this on wikipedia, what a beautiful portrait!

    8. Blue387 (44 months ago | reply)

      This was seen here:
      nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2 009/obama-ph...

    9. PoliticalCourier (43 months ago | reply)

      ^^ Thanks for pointing this out. Humbling to find it used by such a great org.

    10. The Takeaway (41 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for using a creative commons license. We used this photo with attribution at: www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2010/jan/12/shade s-blackness-...

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