Monday, February 11, 2008
Kennedy helps Clinton Obama break the ice
Clinton and Obama talked briefly and let out a pair of loud laughs during a close vote on a $157 billion economic stimulus plan pushed by Democrats, trying to set a different tone - at least in public - for a race that their closest advisers now say could last into the summer.
The person who broke the ice was Sen.
Edward Kennedy, (D-MA), whose endorsement of Obama played a key role in an earlier awkward Clinton-Obama encounter in the Capitol. Feb. 6, after Clinton won handily in Kennedy's home state, he approached her while she was talking to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, (D-CA), a prominent Clinton backer.
Kennedy cut in and made jokes at his own expense, prompting Obama to join in on the fun. Kennedy noted before a group of senators that Clinton's New York Giants had just stunned his New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, as well. "It's not been a good month for Ted in terms of contests," said Sen. Claire McCaskill, (D-MO), an Obama supporter.
What a difference nine days makes.
On Jan. 28, fresh off his trouncing of Clinton in South Carolina, Obama was endorsed by Kennedy. During a pair of appearances on the Senate floor, Clinton and Obama studiously avoided each other as his supporters treated Obama like a returning hero. Just before the start of the State of the Union address that night, Clinton reached out to shake hands with Kennedy as Obama turned to talk to McCaskill.
Played repeatedly on political chat shows on cable television, the event was turned into "The Snub."
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