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January 10, 2012

Agony of Da’ Feet. What Do the Candidates Shoes Say, If Anything, About the GOP Pack? – Via Photographer M. Scott Brauer in New Hampshire

Photographer M. Scott Brauer is on the ground in New Hampshire for BagNews. We will be posting his images through the primary.

Given Romney’s a shoe-in tonight (sorry, ouch!), I thought we’d drop our sights a little and use a different platform to get a  toe-hold on the Republicans trying desperately to get a leg up on each other in attempting to inherit Obama’s loafers. How do you size these up?

Key:

1. Mitt Romney. Town Hall meeting and rally. Rochester Opera House. Rochester, New Hampshire. Jan. 8, 2012.

2. Jon Huntsman (right, in cowboy boots). BAE Systems. Nashua, New Hampshire.

3. Ron Paul. Church Landing at Mills Falls hotel in Meredith, New Hampshire. Jan. 8, 2012.

4. Newt Gingrich. Cowntown Littleton, New Hampshire.

5. Rick Santorum. Queen City Rotary at the Puritan Backroom restaurant in Manchester, New Hampshire.

See the rest of this series at BagNews New Hampshire 2012 and our full Campaign ‘12 coverage here.

PHOTOGRAPH by M. Scott Brauer

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=570058329 Catherine McCallum

    Huntsman in cowboy boots? I did not see that coming.

  • http://twitter.com/lukeboote Luke Boote

    Reminds me of this shot of Obama campaigning in 2008: http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0810/images/callie/19.jpg

  • http://twitter.com/lukeboote Luke Boote

    Reminds me of this shot of Obama campaigning in 2008: http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0810/images/callie/19.jpg

  • Glenn

    Ron Paul has the tired old man shoes.

  • http://top-sunglasses.org/ Oakleys

    XQSLOHHKDFJ I like it very much!

  • http://profiles.google.com/ac.missias AC Missias

    I really expected the cowboy boots to be Perry, of course — am also surprised that Santorum’s shoes appear to be cowboy boots (although not as naturally as Huntsman) rather than his more traditional loafers and dress shoes — everybody trying to prove their Tough Guy creds?

    Paul’s were an easy call.  A little “old man,” a little “average/little guy,” a little “no political polish (no b.s.?)”…

    Great idea! (and follows naturally from the Romney-on-a-chair feature, with its pressed jeans and polished loafers.)

  • Juris Odins

    Ron Paul’s suit pants also always seem to be about three inches too long, bunching up at the ankles.  Has he shrunk in his old age, and neglected to tell his tailor?

  • myxzptlk

    I think we should be questioning all of the “earth tones” here.  Did the GOP learn nothing from their surrogate attacks on Al Gore?

  • myxzptlk

    I think we should be questioning all of the “earth tones” here.  Did the GOP learn nothing from their surrogate attacks on Al Gore?

  • myxzptlk

    I think we should be questioning all of the “earth tones” here.  Did the GOP learn nothing from their surrogate attacks on Al Gore?

  • myxzptlk

    I think we should be questioning all of the “earth tones” here.  Did the GOP learn nothing from their surrogate attacks on Al Gore?

  • myxzptlk

    I think we should be questioning all of the “earth tones” here.  Did the GOP learn nothing from their surrogate attacks on Al Gore?

  • Alison Fisher

    Mitt needs to step his shoe game up!

  • Alison Fisher

    Mitt needs to step his shoe game up!

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