Three images from last night’s TV coverage will stay with me for years.
1. McCain’s repetitious, ill-timed, and creepier-than-usual grin … like the Cheshire cat on sedatives.
2. Clinton’s defiant smirk, as her NYC supporters shouted “Denver, Denver, Denver.”
3. Obama mouthing to Michelle after his speech, “How’d I do?” — and her apparent response, “Good. Real Good.”
Why those images? I don’t know. The brain’s camera is rarely a logical device. Regardless, in trying to make sense of these images this morning, I decided they probably stuck with me because — in my limited imagination — they neatly sum up the race that has been and the race still to be run. For me, these images codify, in order: an unnatural attempt to un-Republicanize an image; a display of true colors; and a genuine, very human, very real moment shared.
Granted, I’m biased. Increasingly so. But if my mind’s eye does not deceive me; if the snapshots are accurate; and if Americans truly do vote more on gut than on reason, then these images suggest (already) who will win in November … in a landslide.