Best of 2012: Compelling Images From the Campaign Trail

Images that made us laugh and cry during campaign season.

Hearts on Their Sleeves: Campaign events stir the emotions and it's easy to be moved by an image even if you don't support the candidate. Only the most skeptical among us won't be moved seeing how moved Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was when he finally captured his party's nomination, President Obama and wife Michelle captured in an embrace tweeted around the world and supporters who braved all kinds of weather to hear their candidate speak.  — Joyce Jones - (Photo: Instagram)
Four More Years - Obama tweeted this photo of an intimate moment with First Lady Michelle Obama with the message, "Four more years." The tweet went viral within 20 minutes. (Photo: Scout Tufankjian/Obama for America)
High Hopes - Romney expected a large turnout for a Feb. 24 speech delivered to the Detroit Economic Club but couldn't deliver. He rented Ford Field for the event, making the small audience look even smaller. (Photo: AP)Visiting the Donald - Holding court with Donald Trump was a rite of passage during the Republican presidential primary. Herman Cain stopped to speak with reporters before his October meeting with the developer. (Photo: AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Hearts on Their Sleeves: Campaign events stir the emotions and it's easy to be moved by an image even if you don't support the candidate. Only the most skeptical among us won't be moved seeing how moved Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was when he finally captured his party's nomination, President Obama and wife Michelle captured in an embrace tweeted around the world and supporters who braved all kinds of weather to hear their candidate speak.  — Joyce Jones - (Photo: Instagram)

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