The Political Circus

Pictures of all your favorite political characters.

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George W. Bush, 1988

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Bill Clinton, 1987

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POLITICO's Jim VandeHei, 1997

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A very happy looking John F. Harris in 1996.

That's fully 11 years before POLITICO was started!

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David Axelrod, 1994

That's during his post-journalism, pre-Barack Obama era.

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Chris Matthews, 1987.

Let's play Hardball!

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John King, 1994.

So. Young.

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Former Rep. Susan Molinari, R-N.Y., 1993. She was just named to lead Google's Washington office.

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Former Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., 1992. As a Georgetown undergrad.

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Andrea Mitchell, 1987. 

Wow.

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Herman Cain, 1992.

Back when 9-9-9 referred to a pizza special.

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Classic Biden, 1995. 

Is he eating something? Also note the cameraman getting an extreme closeup of the back of his head.

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OMB Deputy Director (current Chief of Staff) Jack Lew, 1997

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Rep.-elect Rick Santorum, 1990.

Clearly, the sweater vest is a new fad.

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Before he was "Morning" Joe he was Rep. Joe Scarborough, R-Fla.

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Remember when Jay Carney was a journalist?

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Obama sang again!