You'll note that Obama, Biden, and Clinton are the most senior in the room without that insecure position.

I don't care what anyone says, he is tougher and sharper than even a lot of democrats are.

To me, in that picture, he is leaning forward, a pose of being totally focused, while his expression is more neutral, not scared of the situation or overwhelmed by it.

He did the best by Hill that he could after he got elected.

SOS gives her the clear foreign policy cred (in reality, now what the press does is another story) the dipshit R won't have.

As well as a few others.

Obama knew what he was doing and was determined. He has the most determined look of anyone in that room. Clinton is kind of concerned for the guys in the SEAL team, but she's not questioning Obama's decision, as are so many men in the room with their arms crossed.

Wow...your chakras must be aligned!

Perhaps you lack basic rudimentary experience with other peoples' body language.

That they're closed for arguments, or that they're nervous. It could also mean that the AC was on and these three guys were cold.

Don't pretend you can decipher complex body language signals from a single photo, it's just silly.

I'm saying that we have no clue what it means, despite your magic 8 ball prediction.

That's the question. I'm at least admitting to seeing something that I think is real. There's emotion there. And I think it's leadership followed by followers.

There are lots of articles about staff and advisers having doubts in Obama's decision at that moment.

that's it. There's no legitimate way to read Hillary's leadership or electability from this image.

You wrote: "I'm at least admitting to seeing something that I think is real"

No offense, but why is that of any value here?

When I cross my arms it's just more comfortable at the moment. Body language my ass!

that will be the spin.

that photo doesn't demonstrate that she'll win- or lose. Personally, I fear she'll lose in the general, but I wouldn't point to a photo as being the reason. It's one of the reasons I don't support her. I think she's a lousy campaigner.

which you did not address.

Which other candidate has Hillary's gravitas? Don't say Biden. He's a perceived as a little too comical.

I think he'd potentially give her a run. Lots and lots of variables.

changing the conversation. Unfair to you.

Walker does not have Hillary's gravitas, not Rubio.

I don't think people want a novice in the White House in 2016. I really don't. The popularity of the Tea Party is tanking right now, the public had a good look at what "outsiders" and "non-politicians" (sic) do when they're in office. A bunch of those noobs are going to lose after one term, in 2016.

I agree that it may not be the most important thing, but Rubio looks way out of his league in this speech.

Some Democrats are starting to sound like Bush's PR team. And catching Bin a Laden, or killing him, doesn't make up for all unanswered question politicians like Hillary refuse to ask. If you think we can ride a static picture from the past to victory then you haven't learned much. The situation is dynamic and people don't want an Imperial Presidency which means no more Bushes or Clintons. We should not cede the campaign advantage of running against nepotism by selecting our own. It's nauseating to see how foolish people are.

We have one still photo. From that it is inferred that Clinton has "gravitas". From that it is inferred that she will win in 2016...
What? First of all, what is gravitas, exactly? Second, whatever it is, it is a complex attribute that would not be measurable from a single still photo. Third, there have been presidents without "gravitas"; dunno, GWB comes to mind . Do you think he had gravitas? And there have been candidates with gravitas who did not win (Gore?)...

If that photo is her best shot, I'm bracing myself for a Republican presidency.

Or a picture of when they introduce fast track TPP legislation this week.

Not "gravitas". Hutzpah.

...they'd STILL be crowing about it - louder now that we're looking at 2016.

What do I hear from Dems? ..... (chirp.........chirp)

Is the entire way-too-long election season gonna be full of these ridiculous things?