The unification of red and blue, indicating cross-party unity
This is going to be pretty confusing when we go back to thinking that red symbolizes commies.
The swoosh communicates more densely, I think: it's a single, monochrome visual element, while the Obama logo is busy being a shape and a letter and a picture and a flag. The Nike logo says a lot, laconically; the Obama logo says a lot by being visually chatty.
Seems like we'll continue with the red=Republican thing for the forseeable future.
There isn't anything intrinsic about communism that says "red, that's the color!". It was just a useful convention.
I don't know how much the Nike swoosh can say, perhaps movement/agility?. It's always been fairly meaningless to me, aside from the whole being the Nike logo thing.
Seems like we'll continue with the red=Republican thing for the forseeable future.
"We" are a very small minority. Everyone -- the US included -- knows who Reds are. Only Americans, and folks who follow American news fairly closely, know what "red states" are.
Yes, but we're talking about the long term. Americans interacting with Europeans are going to wonder why everyone scoffs about associating 'red' with militarism and low taxes. It's not sustainable.
I imagine when interacting with foreign committees and governments, Obama would use a symbol of the United States such as the flag, rather then his own personal logo.
This is going to be pretty confusing when we go back to thinking that red symbolizes commies.
The swoosh communicates more densely, I think: it's a single, monochrome visual element, while the Obama logo is busy being a shape and a letter and a picture and a flag. The Nike logo says a lot, laconically; the Obama logo says a lot by being visually chatty.