Political man hugs

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President Obama and Vice President Biden

( AFP / Getty Images / September 6, 2012 )

The double hug, convention style. President Obama and Vice President Biden in the man-hug moment, while their wives, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, do the lady version on Sept. 6. It's like the who-sits-where-in-the-car-on-a-double-date dilemma: Is it the women sitting together in the back while the guys sit in front? Or the couple who owns the car in the front seat, the guest couple in the back? Or, daringly, both women sit in the front, both men in the back? Those are very secure men ...

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