Campaign photo diary: On a pedestal

New Yorkers angle for a presidential sighting — and more revealing moments on the trail

On a pedestal
(Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

New Yorkers wait for Obama's presidential motorcade to pass on June 14 in New York City. While in Manhattan, Obama received a briefing on the progress of the new 104-story tower at the World Trade Center site, and attended two campaign fundraisers, including one at the home of actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, which — along with celebrity endorsements from the likes of Vogue editor Anna Wintour — suggest to some observers that Obama's "out of touch."

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