{"id":323,"date":"2009-03-26T14:35:24","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T18:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/000af36.netsolhost.com\/wordpress1\/2009\/03\/26\/obama-looks-straight-ahead\/"},"modified":"2009-03-26T14:35:24","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T18:35:24","slug":"obama-looks-straight-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/2009\/03\/26\/obama-looks-straight-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Looks Straight Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Strategist Managing Editor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedemocraticstrategist.org\/strategist\/2009\/03\/two_telling_questions.php\">Ed Kilgore observed<\/a> that President Obama looked straight ahead during his opening statement at his press conference earlier this week.&#160; Kilgore thought \u2013 and I agree \u2013 that Obama was to trying to make better eye contact with the TV audience, something he couldn\u2019t do with the teleprompters only to the left and right of him.&#160; At the presser, he had one in the middle.<\/p>\n<p>At today\u2019s town hall meeting, he did the same.&#160; It\u2019s clear he\u2019s trying to make better eye contact with the viewer at home.&#160; Good move.&#160; But they need to make sure that the camera angle that most observers will see is the one closest to the teleprompter.&#160; Certainly not the POLITICO angle.<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f8\/1155201977\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashVars=\"videoId=17700084001&#038;playerId=1155201977&#038;viewerSecureGatewayURL=https:\/\/console.brightcove.com\/services\/amfgateway&#038;servicesURL=http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services&#038;cdnURL=http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com&#038;domain=embed&#038;autoStart=false&#038;\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>Even on CNBC, it didn\u2019t look like he was looking directly at the home audience.&#160; 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