Earlier Clinton greets Kennedy in Senate, feigns a surprised hello for snub shot a few hours later

[ursi]

A pair of late afternoon Senate votes brought Obama and Clinton together in rare proximity and made for some drama on the Senate floor.

Obama glided from desk to desk and was greeted by his colleagues like a returning prizefighter. Standing at the back of the chamber, he joked with Sens. Jim Webb (Va.) and Jon Tester (Mont.), both uncommitted in the Democratic nomination battle. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota joined the group, and Conrad, who endorsed Obama weeks ago, took the roll: "Obama, Obama, Obama," Conrad said, pointing to himself, McCaskill and the Illinois senator himself. "We're for Obama," he said, looking at Tester and Webb. "What about you?"

Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont stopped by to shake Obama's hand, as did Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey. Both are still on the fence. Obama chatted with Sens. Ken Salazar of Colorado and Tom Carper of Delaware, another pair of undecided Democrats, who represent Feb. 5 states (as does Lautenberg). Even Sen. Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, stopped by to pay his respects. McCaskill will campaign tomorrow in Missouri with Obama, and before walking away she told him, "Get some sleep."

For most of this lovefest, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton remained out of view, having stepped into the cloakroom during the first vote. There she ran into Kennedy, and the two exchanged greetings, according to people familiar with the conversation. Later, she took a seat next to Sen. Chuck Schumer, her fellow New Yorker. But by then Obama had cast his second vote and left the chamber.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/01/28/clinton_obama_make_quick_trip.html

A few hours later Hillary Clinton makes a big show of saying hello to Kennedy again, thus the "snub" shot happened.

Was that a set up? Who was the journalism team involved in the shot?

[ursi]

1. what?

[ursi]

2. it's funny how most of the posts over this past 8 hours have been from Clinton supporters

[gaiilonfong]

4. Well they are Talkleft, Taylor Marsh wannabe's n/t

[ursi]

5. LOL!

[Adelante]

3. Veddy interesting nt

[ursi]

6. it is interesting, she had already spoken to him in the coat closet in the Senate

and yet she practically knocks into some woman standing there to greet Kennedy like she is the better woman with a camera pointed at her. Very suspicious.

I'd walk away from her fake ass too.

[BeyondGeography]

18. Her fake ass

:thumbsup:

[THUNDER HANDS]

7. everything they do is fake and scripted

this doesn't surprise me.

[ursi]

8. she is the rude one, practically pushing over that woman next to her

just to fake a "it's so good to see you, Ted!" when she had just talked to him beforehand.

[BenDavid]

17. and you got a fake picture of obama and you calling others fake

[THUNDER HANDS]

19. this is not fake

this is how obama looks with his shirt off.

:P

[Darth_Kitten]

9. Obama VOTED?

n/t

[ursi]

10. Hillary faked?

n/t

[Darth_Kitten]

22. All woman fake at some time, love.

;)

:rofl:

[neutron]

11. snicker

[cali]

12. eh, bernie's not on the fence

it's pretty common knowledge here that he'll endorse Obama- but if he doesn't do it this week it's pretty pointless. It's probably not very meaningful anyway as he isn't a dem.

[ursi]

13. yeah, he says he's not on the fence

[Windy]

14. No question. It was a political move. Nothing the Clintons do is without calculation

and that is my opinion. I am not a child, I am not being petty, I am calling it as I see it. I'm sorry of some of you Clinton supporters have a problem with that.

[ursi]

15. the WAPO blog at the top of this thread must hurt ..

so few are posting but many are reading.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

16. Wow!

I have no words... :wow:

This stinks of a set up by Clinton.

[Gloria]

20. And why would Kennedy snub...can't be approached again??

It's all crap....all of them are just playing us....Kennedy, Clinton, Obama....one big photo op or not op......

They all disgust me....

[Tom Rinaldo]

21. Hyping this as a "controversy" is stupid and this OP is also

Three Quarters of everything that happens at a State of the Union Address is ritualized. How many of those members of Congress "greeted" each other in public for the cameras for the third time that day? The largest aspect of ritual is the gathering together of all of our political leaders from both sides of the aisle under one roof in a show of "American Unitiy". The Speaker of the House must be civil and find excuses to applaud no matter what Party the President is from. They do it for the cameras.

The State of the Union is staged to highlight where possible a spirit of commonality. Yes there was political theater, the evening is turned over to political theater. Opponents act civil toward each other for the cameras. Reports seem to indicate that Ted Kennedy was just as interested in playing his role in that political ritual as was Hillary Clinton. There is no reason why any of us would be talking about this other than the fact that there was a noticable deviation from the standard political script played out live for a national audiance.