Obama snubs Clinton
As Clinton approached, Kennedy made sure to make eye contact and indicated he wanted to shake her hand. Clinton leaned towards Kennedy over a row of seats and Kennedy leaned in towards her. They shook hands.Obama stood icily staring at Clinton during this, then turned his back and stepped a few feet away. Kennedy may’ve wanted to make peace with Clinton but Obama clearly wanted no part of that.
As president, Obama has said he would meet with the U.S.’s enemies without precondition. But making nice with Clinton apparently is another mattter after the increasingly angry fight the two have waged, with charges and countercharges, for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The sense in the press gallery was that Obama didn’t cover himself in glory. Someone even used the word “childish.” (Not this writer.) Judging by how much conversation there was about this brush off in the press gallery, Americans will be hearing a lot more about this tomorrow and in coming days.
The fact that much of the discussion in the press gallery after Bush’s was about the snub is probably an indication of how we journalists and perhaps the nation are already moving past Bush, how the presidential campaign is increasingly crowding out anything Bush has to say .
January 29, 2008 at 9:15 pm
This blog says “Hillary snubs Obama,” intentionally calling out only Kennedy’s name and forcing Obama to turn awkwardly away.
http://zennie2005.blogspot.com/2008/01/clinton-snubs-obama-in-greeting-ted.html
Which description you prefer depends on which candidate you prefer. And, let’s face it, anyone with any sense prefers Obama.
January 29, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Instead of directly congratulating Senator Obama, Senator Clinton reaches over and calls only to Ted Kennedy as if Barack wasn’t even there! Insulted, and forced to give space to Ted Kennedy so he could reach Senator Clinton’s hand Barack turned.
HAHAHA. Wow thats great spin…Or at least it would be if that intepertation of events didn’t conflict with BOTH Obama’s recollection AND David Axelrod
Axelrod:
Obama:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0108/Cordial.html
Nice try though!