The Obama campaign set an internet record when it celebrated his reelection by posting a photo of the president and first lady hugging. Here are more of the most widely shared photos of the Obama presidency.
An exhausted campaign staffer plucked this photo from among the many taken on the trail. The work of a moment, it nevertheless expressed the sense of relief many Obama supporters felt as he won a second term in office.
It seems unlikely that the commander in chief conducted all of the nation’s business in pirate speak on Sept. 19, International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but his campaign did post this picture of the president with a scallywag in full regalia.
She’s an Olympic gold medalist. He’s the leader of the free world. They’re not impressed.
Florida pizza-shop owner Scott Van Duzer (a Republican and Obama supporter) gave the president this sign of his affection in September.
One of the most powerful reminders of Obama’s historical presidency, this photo is so popular among White House visitors that it has remained hanging in the West Wing for the last three years.
Pete Souza / The White House
After the grizzled movie star went on a bizarre, hallucinatory rant at the Republican National Convention, Obama’s campaign reminded the world that the president is not an inanimate object by tweeting this photo with the message, “This seat’s taken.”
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The president fist-bumps Lawrence Lipscomb, a custodial worker in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, in December 2009.
Pete Souza, The White House / Corbis
