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Reading The Pictures: <em>He's Got Obama's Back</em>

Biden is one of the few liberals that could pull off a scene like this. Too bad American politics -- especially under GOP rules -- is so much about manhood, but that's how it's played.
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1a. You immediately get the picture (from the diplomacy section of Biden's website) that Biden can do for Obama what the guy in the backpack is doing for him. Too bad American politics -- especially under GOP rules -- is so much about manhood, but that's how it's played.

1b. Biden is one of the few liberals that could pull off a scene like this.

2. He's been to Iraq eight times. In February, he was in Pakistan and Afghanistan (above). And he just returned from Georgia where he met with Saakashvili. Biden is so deep in foreign policy, a shot like this seems more generalized than specific.

3. Biden also looks like the senior statesman, especially in contrast to the skinny kid with the glasses. Offers some real contrast to McCain in that Navy hat.

For more of the visual, including our extended Denver coverage as a credentialed Democratic Convention blog, visit BAGnewsNotes.com.

(image: unattributed. http://biden.senate.gov. caption: Sen. Biden at a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Kunar Province, Afghanistan)

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