Today, President Obama's children's book "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters" was released. In the CNN article "Obama's new childrens book hits shelves"President Obama was inspired to write this book by his daughters Sasha and Malia. The book is a tribute to thirteen amazing men and women who have shaped our nation and created the ideals for which it stands for today. "The book celebrates the characteristics that unite all Americans-- the potential to pursue our dreams and forge our own paths, Said Chip Gibson, head of the publisher's children's book division". Obama also wrote this prior to becoming The President of The United States of America, which is a strong point that I feel needed to be made so that people do not criticize him. Although I think this book will be a powerful one with a lot of great meaning behind it, I also believe that this is once again the press creating free media for the President. His status got him a headline spot and a news story to cover his book and he didn't even have to lift a finger. The implications of this news story suggests that Obama still believes in this country and understands how it developed but he and his campaign can also use this as a free exposure to show the world that they are still dedicated and fighting for what is right. Another important part of this article that I enjoyed and I am sure people will be pleased with is the fact that all the proceeds from the books will be donated to a scholarship fund for children of fallen and disabled soldiers. So this also helps to show his dedication to the troops and to the US military. I also think this will help his image a little bit after the midterm elections. Since the Midterm elections proved to be over reported and made into a bigger deal then they were Obama's popularity seemed to be on the decline. When I first read the headline, I was kind of disgusted because it seemed like CNN was framing this as a negative thing, like Obama has been writing books in all of his spare time. The media never seems to amaze me with the way they can twist a story and highlight things exactly the way they want to, but in my opinion of this case President Obama got a little bit of free image repair out of it.