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Dream Team? Dream On: Dowd

NYT's Dowd says candidates deserve Oscars for acting chummy at debate

By John Abell,  Newser User

Posted Feb 3, 2008 12:40 PM CST
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(Newser) – Think you saw the beginning of a beautiful Dream Team friendship at the last Democratic debate? Think again, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd says: Hillary Clinton has no more desire to be Barack's running mate than he does hers. Why would Hillary want to play second fiddle to a "political natural"—again? And why would Barack want to be Al Gore?

A more accurate take on their relationship came on a Washington tarmac on Dec. 13, Dowd says: A Hillary apology over a proxy's remark turned into a heated 10-minute talk during which she was seen "flapping her arms" as she laid bare a number of "simmering grievances." When Barack "gently put a hand on her arm to chill her out," she was offended, Obama intimates tell Dowd. "The encounter seemed to have steeled them both."

Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, looks at Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., after they arrived for a Democratic debate at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, looks at Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., after they arrived for a Democratic debate at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles Thursday,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., greets Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., back to camera, as fellow hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. turns away before President Bush's the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress, Monday Jan. 28, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington....
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., greets Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., back to camera, as fellow hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. turns away before President Bush's...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., embrace at the conclusion of a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., embrace at the conclusion of a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan....   (Associated Press)
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, speaks as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., looks on during a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, speaks as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., looks on during a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)   (Associated Press)
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, watches Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., respond to a question during the Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, watches Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., respond to a question during the Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., make their way to their seats onstage at the Kodak Theater prior to their debate in Los Angeles Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., make their way to their seats onstage at the Kodak Theater prior to their debate in Los Angeles Thursday,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., stand together before the start of a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., stand together before the start of a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, Thursday,...   (Associated Press)
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