Earlier in the day Senator Kennedy endorsed Obama and said: "Through Barack, I believe we will move beyond the politics of fear and personal destruction and unite our country with the politics of common purpose," Mr Kennedy said.Wouldn't you like to know what Teddy is telling Obama?
From the Associated Press: 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.
The rivals then retreated to their seats, only the aisle and four senators between them.
It was the latest chapter in the increasingly nasty fight between the two leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination and capped a dramatic day.
Hours earlier, Obama received the endorsements of Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy, the brother and daughter, respectively, of President John F. Kennedy. They were joined by Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., the senator's son.
On his way out of the chamber, Bush shook hands with Obama. The president and Clinton did not shake hands.
The only Republican senator still running, John McCain of Arizona, skipped the address to campaign in Florida.
Do you suppose Kennedy is warning Obama to stay out of Fort Marcy Park?
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