Picture of the Day - 3

Olberman and Fineman made an interesting point tonight that the visual subtext of this speech is to present Obama within a presidential context with the flags and the White House blue background.

It's a very interesting idea to take people's fears and insecurities over Wright's wild rants and subsume them into the trappings of the presidency which project a responsibility and sobriety.

It's an opportunity for people to mentally "try out" the idea of Obama as president against all the questions. (Photo: Reuters/Tim Shaffer)