It’s an indication of a broad range of news outlets’ positive portrayal of the Obama campaign that many published not only breaking news photographs of the president and his wife, but reached back to file photos (sometimes going as far back as Obama’s first term inauguration) to illustrate a next-day story.
News outlets repeatedly used many of these “Top Ten” images — even the file photos. See this Pinterest page for a wider range of photos of President Obama and Michelle Obama published during the fall 2012 campaign.
PrezPix — Picturing the 2012 Election 