Week 8: Rashi: McCain and Obama try a little western swing

So I was going through the news on Yahoo! and came across this picture, of Senator Obama. The first thing I thought of when I saw it was this looks like such a cliche authoritarian pose. Actually the image that came to mind was of Augustus of Primaporta. They both have their arms extended and are in that very authoritarian type of stance. Another thing the two have in common is that their weight is not evenly distributed between both legs, Augustus has his weight on one leg more so then the other (controposto) and Obama has one leg in front of the other as if he is walking.