How it bounces is what counts

This pic is from today’s Dems of Oak Park e-blast for its Get out OUR Vote! campaign:

Obama with ball

But didn’t the West Wing character do that all the time?  Play with a rubber ball?  A little fantasizing here?  Actually, downsizing the prez, since the West Wing fellow was a mere aide.  But showing O. as the shirtsleeved easy-goer, cool fella, our kind of guy.  I think that’s the idea, but I’m not sure.