Crickets chirping on handshake at CNN, NYTimes, FoxNews

MSNBC and any other regular news outlet I could find. Apparently you Hillary people trying to look past Obama doubling up Hillary in S.C. cannot manufacture the news for the masses.

Here's laughing at you tomorrow when it's still not a story.

Why aren't we?

The press apparently 'discussed it amongst themselves.'

The newspapers get it first, and then it percolates to tee vee. It may be the story tommorrow. We'll see.

At SOTU, Obama's Clinton snub was the news

....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 .....


http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/01/by_frank_james_president_bush.html

And there was nothing from the major networks.

Interesting thing though. This part was included in the two articles I found:

>>>Senator Kennedy was said to have been furious at Mr Clinton's vocal forays into the campaign attacking senator Obama in South Carolina.

This is going to be reported more as a tiff between Obama and Clinton which goes both ways.

Link: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23127318-5012572,00.html

'obama snubs hillary' ....have to know what the media code words are...

Two of them are pretty neutral, not hitting Obama any harder than Hillary. The other two are so short and vague, they will be forgotten about in no time.

This is my favorite part:

Senator Kennedy was said to have been furious at Mr Clinton's vocal forays into the campaign attacking senator Obama in South Carolina.

Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject AP: Sen. Clinton made the first move -she crossed the aisle to greet Obama and Kennedy--
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4261929#4261929
4261929, AP: Sen. Clinton made the first move -she crossed the aisle to greet Obama and Kennedy--
Posted by rodeodance on Tue Jan-29-08 01:05 AM

That is the real story.

Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject AP reporting on the Obama handshake snub - w/ PICTURES
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4257735#4257735
4257735, AP reporting on the Obama handshake snub - w/ PICTURES
Posted by bidenista on Mon Jan-28-08 09:33 PM

Edited to add pictures. Judge for yourselves:

No Chitchat Between Clinton and Obama
By LAURIE KELLMAN – 26 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — So close, yet so far away — and so bitter.

Rival Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama came within a foot of each other just before President Bush's State of the Union speech Monday night and managed not to acknowledge each other, and certainly not touch.

Clinton, clad in scarlet, crossed the aisle between their seats on the House floor and reached out a hand to greet Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the Democratic icon whose endorsement she had courted only to lose it to Obama.

Kennedy shook her hand while Obama, wearing a dark suit and standing between the two, turned away.

More: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iwAZfoVaIxMG3gK2KY4tpS9QN0NQD8UF9GT01

You want to go to the SOTU articles, you see.

See below.

or two. Or maybe not. But those who are saying this isn't reaching the papers aren't being accurate. Some of those links are local TV outlets (NBC, ABC, CNN, FAUXSNOOZE), too. It's not getting that tiff vibe--it's mostly snub. I had better luck with you on "Der Google" I guess. Here are a few:

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was not caught in the middle. The Democrat from the iconic political family had taken sides earlier in the day when he endorsed Obama over Clinton. Kennedy was seated beside Obama, away from Clinton.

Nonetheless, Kennedy reached out to shake Clinton's hand when she came up the aisle. Clinton took Kennedy's hand. They shook. Obama had turned away.

A doorkeeper, caught in that highly awkward dance, cringes in the photo that captures the moment.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iwAZfoVaIxMG3gK2KY4tpS9QN0NQD8UFE2CO0

WASHINGTON (CNN) – It could have been a moment for Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to demonstrate the civility they say we need in our politics.

Oh, well.

Before the President entered the House Chamber for the State of the Union address, Clinton took a seat three chairs and an aisle away from Obama. While members of Congress were still greeting one another, Clinton crossed the aisle to speak with Democratic Rep. Jim Langvin of Rhode Island, a Clinton supporter. He was seated in front of Obama.

While Clinton was bent over talking to Langvin, who has been in a wheelchair since age 16, the senator sitting next to Barack Obama watched Clinton intently. It was Sen. Ted Kennedy, who had made a splash by endorsing Obama earlier in the day.

Here’s where it could have happened.

When Clinton straightened up, Kennedy quickly reached across Barack Obama to shake Clinton’s hand. She took it. As they spoke, Obama turned away. Then the senators seated to Obama’s right – Ben Nelson and Ken Salazar — both shook Senator Clinton’s hand and talked to her. Instead of doing the same, Obama turned to look at the back of the room. Sen. Claire McCaskill, who has also endorsed Obama and was seated next to Kennedy, reached across the Massachusetts senator — who was still talking to Clinton — and tapped Obama (still twisted toward the back of the room) on the shoulder. McCaskill engaged Obama in conversation until the moment passed.

It all lasted less than five minutes. Neither acknowledged the other all night.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/28/state-of-the-union-awkward-moment/

But the divide between the Democrats’ own presidential candidates were hard to miss for its bitterness. After weeks of sniping, rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama arrived in the same House chamber for the same annual speech and sat in the same row.

The chances of good coming from the proximity were scant. Indeed, photos captured a split-second snub: Clinton reached across Obama to shake the hand of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the Democratic icon whose endorsement she sought and lost to Obama earlier in the day.

Kennedy shook her hand. Obama turned away. A doorkeeper, caught between it all, cringes in the photo that captures the moment.

It was pretty dramatic stuff compared to the going-away speech of a lame-duck president and the Democrats’ follow-up.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/politics/stories/khou080128_tj_sotureaxdems.6ab67c35.html

Similar verbiage here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7263883,00.html

Rival Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama came within a foot of each other just before President Bush's State of the Union speech Monday night and managed not to acknowledge each other, and certainly not touch. Mrs. Clinton crossed the aisle between their seats on the House floor and reached out a hand to greet Sen. Edward Kennedy, the Democratic icon whose endorsement she had courted only to lose it to Mr. Obama. Mr. Kennedy shook her hand while Mr. Obama, standing between the two, turned away.On his way out of the chamber, Mr. Bush shook hands with Mr. Obama. The president and Mrs. Clinton did not shake hands.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/national/stories/DN-trailmix_29pol.ART.State.Edition1.37c1260.html

Similar verbiage here: http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=7788126&nav=menu612_2

Here's an "interesting" (albeit rightwing) account of what a Moonie Times observer saw (missing the key moment, but providing other color): http://video1.washingtontimes.com/fishwrap/2008/01/obama_and_hillary_at_sotu_and_1.html

CAPITOL HILL (AP) -- They came within a few feet of each other, but appeared not to even notice.

Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton ignored each other in the House chamber just before President Bush's final State of the Union address.

Senator Clinton, dressed in scarlet, crossed the aisle between their seats on the House floor. Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, who endorsed the Illinois senator's presidential candidacy earlier in the day, reached out his hand to her. She took it and they shook.

Meanwhile, Obama had turned away. He sat next to Kennedy, while Clinton was seated next to former Democratic candidate and Delaware Senator Joseph Biden.

The only Republican senator still running, John McCain of Arizona, skipped the address to campaign in Florida.
http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.national/31820222-www.wlos.com.shtml

That's where I heard about it.

Then the AP picked it up.

Then Anderson Cooper talked about it.

Then later on MSNBC, Olbermann devoted a segment to it where he showed the photos and repeated the story from the photographer about Obama deliberately turning to avoid Clinton.

Then they switched to Tweety's face and it was priceless!

FoxNews I just don't watch because...I don't.

Like when someone saw that Britney wasn't wearing underpants?

I would imagine that they should! Don't you?

Just relating what I saw.

LOL what did he look like?

LOL!

Pour youself a drink pal. And make it a double. You sound like you really need it.

:hurts::dunce:bama is toast.:nopity:

"Obama stood icily staring at Clinton during this..."

Who is the source who mentioned this? No one has mentioned, nor claimed to see, Obama's "Icy Stare" before he turned.

>>Senator Kennedy was said to have been furious at Mr Clinton's vocal forays into the campaign attacking senator Obama in South Carolina.

Link below:


Clinton, Obama in Capitol snub
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23127318-5012572,00.html

Who cares what Teddy says. I don't.

"Who is the source who mentioned this? No one has mentioned, nor claimed to see, Obama's "Icy Stare" before he turned."

It couldn't hurt to actually look at the pictures. His glare is pretty evident.

There is no picture of him staring at her, right before he turned.

The one where he is glaring at her shaking peoples hands working in their direction.

The writer of the article is talking in FIRST person. AS in, he was there, and saw it.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/01/by_frank_james_president_bush.html

http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2008-03,GGLG:en&q=obama+snubs+hillary+&um=1&sa=N&tab=wn

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2008-03,GGLG:en&q=obama+snubs+hillary+

Probably more powerful than the MSM...

:rofl:

it makes him look strong. Had it happened. lol

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The point IS, it's all overt the internet. Now, go away, before I get the Raid out.

Obama isn't looking very grown-up during this.

are trying to argue a handshake.

lol

I doubt very many people read links like "Perspective forums" and "Swamppolitics" :rofl:

The article is pretty neutral. Not exactly something that will do any damage to Obama.

since Clinton still holds a sizable lead. Were Obama the frontrunner, it would be the Dean scream all over again. I'm not sure which candidate the MSM would rather have as our nominee, since both have vulnerabilities that can be exploited. Mainly I think they want a protracted battle between the two in hopes our base will be irreparably damaged by the end of it. (I also think they're concerned about Edwards and want to see to it he not get an opening. I think that might actually be their top priority -- keeping Edwards marginalized.)

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/clinton-obama-tensions-spill-into-the-senate/


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