Hmm. Better take another look at it.

Ok so now that you've looked in retrospect twice, your public is awaiting your take on it;)

Thanks for the clarification - visible mojo. Seems like that wraps that end up.

As for whether the poster evokes Soviet propaganda, my official response is, "oooookaaaaay." I'm not head over heels for the poster (I saw it previously and chose another avatar instead) but lordy, what a load of baggage to hook onto a poster with a picture of Obama's face in America's colors. Maybe I'm just not a student of Soviet propaganda.

How about "Triumph of the Will?"

I think the stylistic connections between that poster and stereotypical communist/socialist propaganda is pretty striking (to me, other people will see or not see the same things).

Completely ignoring that political context it is a style I love. But considering that several people here see similarities I don't think it would be horribly uncommon and is probably not an association the campaign would want. Is this an official poster from them or did someone else make it?

I'm not even saying that was even the intent of the creator; and I'm definitely not saying it is a direct translation of Constructivism (thank Euro for putting the right word back in my head) to Obama but for me it creates the echoes.

Or "Triumph of the Wii?"

I would probably venture a guess that many people haven't a clue about the style influence of the Obama poster. We have people who haven't a clue about Huckabee's bible references, why would they know about art? Still, the poster is straight out of the school of political propaganda art, espec. Soviet. It's not really a load of baggage, it's just a fact.

To answer an earlier question, it was done by an artist outside of Obama's campaign, seemingly on their own volition.

In many ways, the feeling behind the original style is generally similar to the rhetoric Obama is touting except the end goal is a bit different.