Good Latin, Bad Seal
Obama's campaign has abruptly dropped its controversial redesign of the US presidential seal which featured a bald eagle emblazoned with the famous Obama logo, and his campaign slogan in Latin: "Vero Possumus," an expression that roughly means, "Yes, we can."
Karl Rove, the prince of political sleaze calls it – chutzpah – and says "such arrogance – even self-centeredness – have featured often in the Obama campaign."
Now the seal is gone: "It was a one-time seal for a one-time use," Obama's spokeswoman Jen Psaki says.
But as Maureen Dowd points out, Rove was bowled over by Obama when he first met him, even if he now sees him as a "coolly arrogant" elitist. She also takes issue with Rove's grasp of the common touch, saying, "The cheap populism is really rich coming from Karl Rove. When was the last time he kicked back with a corncob pipe to watch professional wrestling?"
And back with the seal, Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic writes in his blog:
"The worry for Obama’s image managers is that it gives the press a pretext to call Obama arrogant, an example for them to add to a list of arrogant moments, and a way to distract them from what Obama is saying."
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