Since candidates for President of the United States can’t appear in person in every little city and town, a full color, life sized cardboard sign often provides a surrogate. I found this surreal cardboard likeness of John McCain staring back at me through the locked glass door of the local Republican Party headquarters at 1022 Main Street. The symbolic “behind closed doors” metaphor here is well suited to any political subject. McCain’s two-dimensional stand-in was wearing a bizarre red T-shirt promoting his candidacy, adding an unintentionally incongruous twist. I also made sure to include the credit card stickers plastered on the glass door in my image – politicians are always in need of contributions. As for that “Please use other door” request, it posed a touch of delicious irony. The rival Democratic Party headquarters was located just next door.