Here's a proposal for the TPM staff to each post (after all of this mess is over with) which candidate they were personally backing.

Let's make it more interesting and throw in who they were rooting for at the very beginning.  Was it Biden?  Richardson?  Someone else? 
(I've had Josh pegged as a Gravel man from the start!) {snark}

Then, who were they for when it got down to Obama vs. Clinton?

Note to the TPM staff: I know you folks have to retain a certain amount of objectivity as journalists, but, hey, you're people first, and we all have opinions.  Plus, let's face it, this site is a different format than traditional journalism, so why not reveal after all is said and done?

Please recommend this post if you'd like to know, too!

Pig out.

I want to ask this seriously and see if I'm just imagining this or if anyone else is noticing the same thing. 

Is it just me or does there seem to be a pattern of news orgs using photos of Obama looking up, thus making it seem as if he's "looking down his nose" at everyone (read: elitist)?  Or am I misinterpreting them trying to portray him as a "dreamer, looking to the stars" or something hokey like that?

I find any effort to brand him as "elitist" ridiculous when you compare him to most of his opponents, past and present.

So am I imagining a pattern in the use of photos of him or not?