Barack Obama, Shirtless

I'll admit to being taken a little aback by the Obama-mania in the media these last few weeks. I had thought Hillary would go into 2008 as the strong front-runner and would only begin to be seriously challenged in the waning months of 2007. I now think I was wrong and that Hillary is in danger of losing her front-runner status to Obama. Heck, I didn't even think Obama would run, considering that he was first elected to the Senate in 2004. Now Zogby has him leading in New Hampshire.

But it seems Democrats crave inspiration, and Obama provides that like few others. He is a media darling, the way McCain was during the 2000 campaign. It doesn't make him invincible, but it helps. As long as the media keeps its story going, that is. The press can be notoriously fickle, preferring to build someone up only to tear them down later. But McCain's had a long run of positive press. Obama might too.

Ok, so I'll also admit to having stolen my title from a post by Pink Lady over at In the Pink Texas. I think she should have used it as her title. Why? Because some people actually do google for 'Barack Obama, shirtless'. And when I do.. I mean when they do... they might be more likely to come across her excellent blog. But she didn't, so I did.

Anyway, here's what you googlers were looking for, via Hotline on Call of all places (Hint: he's not Hugh Jackman or Penelope Cruz):



Ok well maybe he's Penelope Cruz...

Oh, and I don't know if this has anything to do with anything, but it amuses me. Apparently he went by "Barry" in high school.