Was it a snub?

Yes. Axelrod's interpretation is how I interpreted it as well.

It would have been MORE fodder for hyper-vigilant media types if he stood there and nodded while standing next to Mr. Kennedy.

Barack is in a no-win situation. People are either going to give him the benefit of the doubt or not...depending on who they support.

What a coup for the Obama campaign!!! Go Barack Go!

Once again, the media is at it again!

For the record, Obama and Clinton had already greeted each other on the way inside. In the picture, Clinton was greeting Sen. Kennedy for the first time that evening and Obama was simply trying to be respectful and give them their space. He realizes that they have been friends for a long time and he didn’t want to gloat over his recent endorsement.

If Obama really wanted to get ugly, he would bring up Monica Lewinsky, the whitewater controversy, bill’s impeachment, etc… Obama has always tried to be above the fray, so why would he act any differently now that he has the wind at his back? READ BETWEEN THE LINES, PEOPLE!

First, it isn't a snub. They shake hands before and after every debate. I think them shaking hands here would be unnecessary - and only done for the benefit of the press.

However, I'm not sure I would talk with her given her evil race-bateing politics.

This is not news. It's like a photo from a teen magazine. Can we get on to educating the electorate so we can make informed choices.

But if we want to report from more than a vacuum: from The New York Times ...

The relationship began to change, according to several Democrats who are friendly to both senators, when Mr. Obama began musing aloud about a presidential bid. The day he opened his exploratory committee, several Senate observers said, he extended his hand and said hello on the Senate floor. She breezed by him, offering a cool stare.

One week later, following the State of the Union address, the two senators found themselves doing a back-to-back interview on CNN. Mr. Obama went first, with Mrs. Clinton pacing a few feet away. Finally, an aide escorted her completely around the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building, avoiding walking directly by Mr. Obama.

(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/us/politics/03web-zeleny.html?_r=2&oref=slog

This is a rediculous issue. . .the press needs to get a life - Obama's guy is right. . .just hyper political bs . . .

McCaskill and Obama have both said there is just no "there" there in this story. Please, media, LET IT GO.

If Obama snubs Clinton because he doesn't know how to handle himself
around her, how in the world can we rely on him to make the very
important decisions about our country.

The McKaskill explanation doesn't fly when you look at the pictures, and is basically directly contradicted by Axelrod's earlier statement.

I thought Barack said Hillary was "likeable enough" in New Hampshire?!

This, again, shows the darker side of the angelic figure the Obama-loving press have painted.

He in fact has a side to him that is petty, juvenile and small. Remind you of any current resident of Pennsylvannia Avenue?

Is this really the person who can "bridge the partisan divides" when he can't even shake her hand?

In these unguarded moments BO reflects what I have observed from a lot of the followers of his "hope" message...and that is "hate".

Throughout the summer and fall he portrayed Hillary as being the equivalent of Bush and Cheney, so I guess it's not so hard to understand why his followers have such animosity towards her.

What is the surprise here? You need to have searing ambition to contemplate going straight from local Illinois chambers to White House. You need to have an unbelievable ego to think you, with your record, are even close to MLK or JFK or Reagan. I mean, think about that. This guy equates fine speeches of hope and unity to MLK and JFK. Given this degree of ambition and egoism, would you expect Obama to be really nice? I am not shocked because I am not a star-struck toddler like the Press and Obama supporters. When all is said and done, he is not going to be any better or worse than Clintons. Also, remember, the Republicans won't force their people to be hands-off with Obama. They won't be so sensitive as the Press or the Democrats about Obama.

This was a snub, plain and simple, it was Clinton being the civil adult this time, and Obama being the churlish child. I'm sure they'll switch roles again at some point in the future, and so it goes, it's the back and forth of politics, and politics has a way of bringing out the best and the worst in everyone. It's going to be a long, bumpy road to the White House, but for me the bottom line is who is best for the country, and I want a democrat to lead the nation, but which one for me is still a question that has not been decided. BO didn't do himself any favors in the "snub" situation, but is it enough for me to decide he's not right for the White House? Nope, I don't decide on one moment of stupidity and childish behavoir, but if he keeps it up, my vote may not be with him, likewise for HC if she manifests such childish actions multiple times. I'm still undecided, so their records and positions on the issues that matter to me will decide my vote, not this "snub" stuff that gets the media into a frenzy. It happened, move on media!

If you look at the photos appearing on most news channels, her eyes are not focused towards Obama. Besides, even if he did snub her, she should have made an effort to get his attention to shake his hand if that was her intention. I don't think he snub'd her, I think she shub'd HIM! Think about how easy it would have been to get his attention yet she did no such thing yet she makes a statement along the lines that her hand is still extended. Politics, ya gotta love it! :-)

There is one problem. J. Scott Applewhite, the reporter only told you half truths. If you were to look closely at Hillary's eyes, you'll see Hillary staring right into Ted Kennede while shaking his hand. If you look closely at Sen. Hillary Clinton's hand, you'll also see another hand attatched to her hand. That other hand is Senator Edward Kennedy's (Tedd's) hand.

Also look at Sen. Edward Kennedy's (Tedd's) right sleeve. This will prove that Hillary not only shook Senator Kennedy's hand; but she also lied about it on Fox Noise with Chris Wallace.

There is another photo showing Sen. Hillary Clinton & Sen Ted Kenedy shaking hands clearly from another angle. J. Scott Applewhite has also taken that snap shot. It also showed that Sen. Barrack Obama leaned over to Sen. Claira McCaskel' during that handshake between Hillary and Tedd.
Obama told the truth, Hillary lied; but Applewhite refused to release the other photo, therefore raising speculation as to whether or not

J. Scott Applewhite tried to make Obama look bad with this false story.
Was J. Scott Applewhite distorting what happened that night to bring Obama down? If that's so, then it was a black-eye. J. Scott Applewhite with their half-truths made Assess out of the Associated Press. Thanks to Applewhite, he has distroyed the reputation of journalism with this false story. This is worse than what Dan Rather has done with those service records of George W. Bush.

If it was fair for CBS NEWS to fire Dan Rather for Bush's service records being unauthentic. It should be fair for the Associated Press to fire J. Scott Applewhite for his distorted story about rather or not did Sen. Hillary Clinton reach out to shake Obama's hand and he snubbed her; or did she just shake Sen. Edward Kennedy's hand and J. Scott Applewhite made all of this up to make Senator Barrack Obama look bad prio to a Presidential Prymary.

NEVERTHELESS,.. J. Scott Applewhite had made Asses out of the ASS-ociatedpr-ESS. If so, he did so shamelessly; at the expense of journalist who at-least tried to deliver the news "Fair&Ballanced".
(I think a bunch of Assess is worse than just 1 Black-Eye).