anyway, times article paints a very clear picture of the president, who works awfully hard for this country, but is also revealing a very personal side of the president, everyone should say. i m joined tonight by doug brinkley, presidential historian, author, and professor of history at rice university. every president, you know, has the family, has those special moments. but it just seems that it is so much more intense with this president. what is your response to what you see? well, there is no question. remember, just a decade ago, people were debating what is family values. and republicans were claiming that term. well barack obama exudes family values. he makes us all look ashamed as how he takes care of his mother-in-law also. but in this photographer, peter souza is one of the great ones. he is like david kennerly who was with gerald ford, bob
souza is one of the great ones. he is like david kennerly who was with gerald ford, bob mcneeley with clinton. these are some of the iconic images of our time. these obviously stay with the illustration of the legacy in a sense, doesn t it? big time. some day there will be an obama presidential library, probably in chicago. and these photos will be all one of the key parts of the exhibit. i think it s been the story of white house photography has just improved. i mean, we talk about lincoln, matthew brady, and you remember a couple of photos of lincoln back there. with obama, it s becoming very kennedyesque. jody kantor wrote a very good book about it. what is really going on in the white house has been kept quite private. i think these photos open it up in a new way. he has not been a president that has forged a lot of relationships with legislators. what about that? i think that s true. i think he is a very private person. i think we take him at his word. he has wanted to be