Campaign snapshots: Rick Perry and President Obama board the bus

By Rich Shulman

Rick Perry ate a vegetarian corn dog on a stick, an egg on a stick and a pork chop on a stick while campaigning at the Iowa State Fair. But the strangest moment came when he posed with a cardboard cutout of a soldier in Afghanistan. The legs under the cutout are a nice touch.

Meanwhile, President Obama seemed to be reacting to the Minnesota heat and the political heat as he criticized the GOP presidential field.

Charles Dharapak / AP

Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry poses with a cutout of U.S. Army Reserves Spc. James Benal of the Nebraska National Guard, serving in Afghanistan, after he was approached by his mother Patty Benal, as Perry visited the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011.

Carolyn Kaster / AP

President Barack Obama wipes his brow as he speaks during a town hall meeting at Lower Hannah's Bend Park in Cannon Falls, Minn., Monday, Aug. 15.

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Comment author avatarHoailona252

Yeah, that will really get the support of the troops. What a creepy photo!

    Reply#1 - Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:32 PM EDT
    Comment author avatarAlphamale74

    No disrespect to the armed forces but that soldier's got very nice legs.

      Reply#2 - Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:48 PM EDT
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