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Magazine Cover Portrayal of Potential 2016 Candidates, 2013
updated Dec.31,
2013 ...see also: Magazine Cover
Portrayal of
President Obama—2013
Appearances on magazine covers are one indicator of presidential candidate potential, showing how much these political figures are in the news. A cover can highlight facets of the individual's persona and illuminate his or her strengths and weaknesses. The magazine cover index is not necessarily a good indicator, however; in 2009, Sarah Palin led all potential candidates by a wide margin in number of covers. See: Magazine Cover Portrayal of Potential 2012 Presidential Candidates, 2009-10. For a somewhat different look at media coverage as an indicator see: Paul Hitlin, "The 2016 presidential media primary is off to a fast start." Pew Research Center, Oct. 3, 2013.
Appearances on magazine covers are one indicator of presidential candidate potential, showing how much these political figures are in the news. A cover can highlight facets of the individual's persona and illuminate his or her strengths and weaknesses. The magazine cover index is not necessarily a good indicator, however; in 2009, Sarah Palin led all potential candidates by a wide margin in number of covers. See: Magazine Cover Portrayal of Potential 2012 Presidential Candidates, 2009-10. For a somewhat different look at media coverage as an indicator see: Paul Hitlin, "The 2016 presidential media primary is off to a fast start." Pew Research Center, Oct. 3, 2013.
REPUBLICANS |
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Multi |
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The Week* |
11/15 |
2013 |
Christie and Cruz |
GOP savior? |
Illustration |
Howard McWilliam |
The Nation |
11/04 |
2013 |
(l to r) M.Bachmann,
T.Cruz, J.Boehner, M.Meadows, R.Paul in car going over cliff |
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Illustration |
Victor Juhasz |
Chris Christie |
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The Week* |
11/15 |
2013 |
Christie (and Cruz) |
GOP savior? |
Illustration |
Howard McWilliam |
Time |
11/18 |
2013 |
Christie |
The Elephant in the Room |
Photo |
Dennis Van Tine |
New York |
08/12 |
2013 |
Christie, xcu |
The Happy Hothead |
Photo |
Christopher Anderson/ Magnum Photos/New York Magazine |
Arrive [Amtrak
mag.] |
07 |
2013 |
Christie [one of
four covers] |
Jersey Boys |
Photo
Illustration |
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Philadelphia | 07 | 2013 | Christie | Jersey Guy |
Photo | Marco Grob/Trunk
Archive |
Time |
01/21 |
2013 |
Christie |
The Boss |
Photo |
Marco Grob for
Time |
Ted Cruz |
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Texas Monthly |
01 |
2013 |
montage: steer, Jerry
Jones, David Dewhurst, Cruz, Astros |
The 2014 Bum Steer Awards
with Steer-zilla! |
Illustration |
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The Week |
12/31 |
2013 |
many figures: Obama, Pope
Francis... |
The Faces of 2013 |
Illustration |
Howard McWilliam |
Townhall |
12 |
2013 |
Cruz |
Why Ted Cruz Fights |
Photo |
? |
The American Spectator |
11 |
2013 |
Cruz |
Steady Ted |
Illustration |
John Springs |
The Nation |
11/25 |
2013 |
Cruz, Reagan, Goldwater,
others |
The Grand Old Tea Party |
Illustration |
Steve Brodner |
Businessweek |
10/23 |
2013 |
Cruz as the Mad Hatter |
The Tea Party Won |
Photo Illustration |
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The Weekly Standard |
09/23 |
2013 |
Cruz |
Washington Builds a
Bugaboo |
Photo |
Newscom |
CQ Weekly |
07/29 |
2013 |
Cruz and McCain |
Coralling The
Mavericks |
Photos |
Tom Williams/CQ
Roll Call |
Rand Paul |
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Newsmax |
11 |
2013 |
Paul |
Rand Paul Up
Close |
Photo |
Bill
Clark/CQ-RollCall Group/ Getty Images |
National Journal |
10/19 |
2013 |
Paul as snake oil salesman |
Medicine Man |
Illustration |
Steve Brodner |
The New Republic |
07/01 |
2013 |
Paul |
The Real Rand Paul [Can't
Be Trusted] |
Photo |
Platon |
Time |
05/06 |
2013 |
Paul |
The 100 Most Influential [7 different covers] |
Photo |
Mark Seliger |
Rick Perry |
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The Week |
08/09 |
2013 |
Perry |
Taking on Texas |
Illustration |
Fred Harper |
Marco Rubio |
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Parade |
09/05 |
2013 |
Rubio and family |
The Rubios - Modern Family |
Photo |
Rob Howard |
National Review |
05/20 |
2013 |
Schumer, Rubio,
McCain |
Rubio's Folley |
Photo [image altered slightly] |
J. Scott
Applewhite |
The Week |
02/22 |
2013 |
Rubio, K.Rove,
Republican elephant |
The GOP's
makeover |
Illustration |
Howard McWilliam |
Time |
02/18 |
2013 |
Rubio |
The Republican Savior |
Photo |
Marco Grob for Time |
National Journal |
02/16 |
2013 |
Rubio |
The Player |
Photo |
Getty Images/CQ Roll
Call/Douglas Graham |
DEMOCRATS |
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Hillary Clinton |
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New York |
09/30 |
2013 |
Clinton |
Hillary, in Between |
Photo |
Douglas Friedman/Trunk
Archive |
The New Republic |
09/22 |
2013 |
Doug Band, Bill Clinton,
Hillary Clinton, many others |
Scandal at Clinton Inc. |
Photos |
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National Review |
06/03 |
2013 |
Clinton fiddling |
As Benghazi
Burned |
Illustration |
Roman Genn |
The Week |
05/24 |
2013 |
Clinton hanging from tree
limb |
Hunting Hillary |
Illustration |
Fred Harper |
Joe Biden |
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Time |
01/28 |
2013 |
M.Bloomberg,
Biden, G.Giffords |
The Gunfighters |
Photos |
Nigel Parry-CPI
for Time |
Andrew Cuomo |
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New York |
04/22 |
2013 |
Cuomo |
Andrew Cuomo may
be the shrewdest American politician since LBJ |
Photo
Illustration |
Darrow |
The Nation |
04/08 |
2013 |
Cuomo |
Cuomo vs. Cuomo |
Illustration |
Steve Brodner |
Martin O'Malley |
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Capitol File |
summer |
2013 |
O'Malley |
Martin O'Malley |
Photo |
Jeff Gale |
National Journal |
06/22 |
2013 |
O'Malley |
Is It Time to
Take Martin O'Malley Seriously? |
Photo |
Chet Susslin |
Washington Monthly |
05 |
2013 |
O'Malley |
Should This Man Be
President? |
Photo |
Getty Images |
Bernie Sanders |
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The Progressive |
11 |
2013 |
Sanders |
Bernie Sanders Takes on
the Oligarchs |
Illustration |
Zina Saunders |
Elizabeth Warren |
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The New Republic |
11/25 |
2013 |
Warren |
Hillary's Nightmare |
Illustration |
Jacqueline Mellow |
Notes
-The New Republic's "The Real Rand Paul [Can't Be Trusted]" cover (07/01/13) by noted photographer Platon is interesting in that it shows Sen. Paul with the fingers on his left hand crossed. Blogging at PolicyMic (June 18) Robby Barthelmess wrote that the combination of the image and "[Can't Be Trusted]" caption has a "deceitful" effect. (>) Indeed I even thought that the editors might have photoshopped the gesture as it seems odd.
- Time's "The Elephant in the Room" caption on its cover of Gov. Christie (11/18/13) generated a fair bit of comment, with some seeing it in poor taste. For example Salon did a short piece headlined "Time magazine makes a fat joke for its cover on Chris Christie."
- Howard McWilliam's illustration for the cover of The Week "Republican savior?" (11/15/13) shows Gov. Christie and Sen. Cruz. However, the cover is all about Christie; Cruz is small and pushed over to the side, and in fact it's difficult to tell from the illustration that it's actually him. (Also, a more accurate image might show Christie and Sen. Rand Paul as those two have engaged in verbal sparring). Covers like this where one figure is dominant and the other near invisible occur every so often: I've included it in two categories above.
- The picture in 2013.
Another possible media-based indicator is in-depth feature articles, some of which are listed here; suggestions (action08@ gmail) welcome.
Republicans
CHRISTIE
Benjamin Wallace-Wells. "What Is Chris Christie Doing Right?" New York. Aug. 12, 2013.
Michael Smerconish. "Could Chris Christie Become President?" Philadelphia. July 2013.
Michael Crowley. "The Boss." Time. Jan. 21, 2013 (cover date).
CRUZ
Jason Zengerle. "Ted Cruz: The Distinguished Wacko Bird from Texas." GQ. October 2013.
Andrew Ferguson. "Washington Builds a Bugaboo." The Weekly Standard. Sept. 23, 2013
PAUL
Jill Lawrence. "Medicine Man." National Journal. Oct. 17, 2013.
Frank Rich. "It's Hard to Hate Rand Paul." New York. Sept. 22, 2013.
Stuart A. Reid. "The Education of Rand Paul." Washington Monthly. July/August 2013.
Julia Ioffe. "President Rand Paul." The New Republic. June 17, 2013.
RUBIO
Michael Grunwald. "Immigrant Son." Time. Feb. 18, 2013. also: "The Rest of the Story" >
Beth Reinhard. "Can Marco Rubio Live Up to the Hype." National Journal. Feb. 14, 2013.
Democrats
BIDEN
Jeanne Marie Laskas. "Have You Heard the One About President Joe Biden?" GQ. July 2013.
Douglas Brinkley. "Joe Biden: The Rolling Stone Interview." Rolling Stone. May 9, 2013.
CLINTON
Joe Hagan. "Hillary in Midair." New York. Sept. 22, 2013.
CUOMO
Chris Smith. "The Albany Machiavelli." New York. April 14, 2013.
O'MALLEY
John Briley. "O'Malley on the Move." Capitol File. Summer 2013.
Haley Sweetland Edwards. "Shoud Martin O'Malley Be President?" Washington Monthly. May/June 2013.
SCHWEITZER
Michael Warren. "Schweitzer Takes Aim." The Weekly Standard. Dec. 23, 2013.
WARREN
Noam Scheiber. "Hillary's Nightmare? A Democratic Party That Realizes Its Soul Lies With Elizabeth Warren. The New Republic. Nov. 10, 2013.
-The New Republic's "The Real Rand Paul [Can't Be Trusted]" cover (07/01/13) by noted photographer Platon is interesting in that it shows Sen. Paul with the fingers on his left hand crossed. Blogging at PolicyMic (June 18) Robby Barthelmess wrote that the combination of the image and "[Can't Be Trusted]" caption has a "deceitful" effect. (>) Indeed I even thought that the editors might have photoshopped the gesture as it seems odd.
- Time's "The Elephant in the Room" caption on its cover of Gov. Christie (11/18/13) generated a fair bit of comment, with some seeing it in poor taste. For example Salon did a short piece headlined "Time magazine makes a fat joke for its cover on Chris Christie."
- Howard McWilliam's illustration for the cover of The Week "Republican savior?" (11/15/13) shows Gov. Christie and Sen. Cruz. However, the cover is all about Christie; Cruz is small and pushed over to the side, and in fact it's difficult to tell from the illustration that it's actually him. (Also, a more accurate image might show Christie and Sen. Rand Paul as those two have engaged in verbal sparring). Covers like this where one figure is dominant and the other near invisible occur every so often: I've included it in two categories above.
- The picture in 2013.
Another possible media-based indicator is in-depth feature articles, some of which are listed here; suggestions (action08@ gmail) welcome.
Republicans
CHRISTIE
Benjamin Wallace-Wells. "What Is Chris Christie Doing Right?" New York. Aug. 12, 2013.
Michael Smerconish. "Could Chris Christie Become President?" Philadelphia. July 2013.
Michael Crowley. "The Boss." Time. Jan. 21, 2013 (cover date).
CRUZ
Jason Zengerle. "Ted Cruz: The Distinguished Wacko Bird from Texas." GQ. October 2013.
Andrew Ferguson. "Washington Builds a Bugaboo." The Weekly Standard. Sept. 23, 2013
PAUL
Jill Lawrence. "Medicine Man." National Journal. Oct. 17, 2013.
Frank Rich. "It's Hard to Hate Rand Paul." New York. Sept. 22, 2013.
Stuart A. Reid. "The Education of Rand Paul." Washington Monthly. July/August 2013.
Julia Ioffe. "President Rand Paul." The New Republic. June 17, 2013.
RUBIO
Michael Grunwald. "Immigrant Son." Time. Feb. 18, 2013. also: "The Rest of the Story" >
Beth Reinhard. "Can Marco Rubio Live Up to the Hype." National Journal. Feb. 14, 2013.
Democrats
BIDEN
Jeanne Marie Laskas. "Have You Heard the One About President Joe Biden?" GQ. July 2013.
Douglas Brinkley. "Joe Biden: The Rolling Stone Interview." Rolling Stone. May 9, 2013.
CLINTON
Joe Hagan. "Hillary in Midair." New York. Sept. 22, 2013.
CUOMO
Chris Smith. "The Albany Machiavelli." New York. April 14, 2013.
O'MALLEY
John Briley. "O'Malley on the Move." Capitol File. Summer 2013.
Haley Sweetland Edwards. "Shoud Martin O'Malley Be President?" Washington Monthly. May/June 2013.
SCHWEITZER
Michael Warren. "Schweitzer Takes Aim." The Weekly Standard. Dec. 23, 2013.
WARREN
Noam Scheiber. "Hillary's Nightmare? A Democratic Party That Realizes Its Soul Lies With Elizabeth Warren. The New Republic. Nov. 10, 2013.