More Awwww Photos

GREENSBORO, NC - SEPTEMBER 27: Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) holds a baby at a campaign rally at the J. Douglas Galyon Depot on September 27, 2008 in Greensboro, North Carolina. After participating in the first of three presidential debates yesterday Obama is campaigning through North Carolina with a focus on his strategy for the recent national financial turmoil.


Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) holds a baby at a rally at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida September 19, 2008.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. hugs a baby after a campaign event in Green Bay, Wis., Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.
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Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) kisses a baby during a campaign rally at Victory Landing Park in Newport News, Virginia, October 4, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., holds a baby as he shakes hands at a rally at Memorial Stadium at Asheville High School in Asheville, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.
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US Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) kisses a baby at the Fireside Restaurant during a campaign stop in Georgetown, Ohio, October 9, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008
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Presumptive US Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) holds up a baby as he takes part in a town hall-style meeting in Bristol, Virginia, June 5, 2008.


US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama holds a supporter's baby after delivering a policy speech at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on September 22, 2008.


I really like all these photos of Obama holding babies on the campaign trail. In most of them he becomes very still, and very tuned in to the little person he is holding. It almost looks like he is getting a break from campaigning, to remember what holding his girls was like when they were little babies. He projects trustworthiness by the careful, respectful way he handles the babies handed to him out of the crowd. And when the babies are a little older (last two photos) he reacts appropriately to however they're feeling.

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