Yawn...

This sounds like Junior High when one has to gossip about what happened at the state of the union.

Who cares.

Clinton fetishists care.  HRC and her universe matter more than progressive politics.  Get with the program.

Like Barack is like so totally, like, rude.

that Obama is not ready to run against Republicans.

If this is what the Clinton supporters come up with, then I think Obama sounds like a pretty decent guy. The worst you can think of is "he's not being nice!!" The worst I can think of the Clinton's is that they're disingenuous, power hungry and thoroughly corrupted.

It's called grace under pressure. She showed it he didn't. It interesting I'm reading Arthur Schlesingers journals at the moment and he comments on exactly this sort of behavior by Gene McCarthy and the general extremism and ranting of his followers on the extreme left back in 1968. Nothing much changes.  

This is just another example of how Obama is too immature to build bridges as he claims he can do.

Other examples:
1) His inhuman "You're likable enough Hillary" comment at the debate without even looking at her.

2) He didn't call to congratulate her after her win in Nevada, as is customary... not to mention honorable.

I no longer think he is in this race for the right reasons. I believe I've heard his rant before... about 8 years ago by someone promising he'd bring change and compassion to D.C. Enough people bought it and now we're all waiting for that nightmare to end.

OK, OK, I don't think Obama would be as bad as Bush, BUT this does give you insight into how he would deal with other leaders that he disagrees with... much like Bush.

Obama seems a bit immature with this behavior, which he appears to have elevated to a "personal" level.  It permeates through the campaign, where he barely acknowledged Hillary's victory in New Hampshire (basically added on top sentence to an actual victory speech) and did not even with a single word communicate any congratulatory note after the Nevada caucus, in sharp contrast to the aftermath of South Carolina, where Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton showed a lot of class and offered strong congratulatory statement that took nothing away from Obama's impressive showing in SC.  

The difference seems to be a show of CLASS, which would suit Obama at this point more so than hubris or showoff.  

And, as I have pointed out many, many times since Obama got into the race, there is absolutely nothing humble about Obama, which to me (and I believe many) is a turnoff.  We have gone through almost 8 years with a guy who has no humble bone in his body, and it is crass and petty in the end.  

"Amazing how Obama turned on the beam machine with frigging George W. Bush, but was acting like a scorned lover with Hillary."--georgerep

Bit by bit we are beginning to get the measure of the man who would be president. Obama clearly loves the thrill of proximity to establishment power and powerful people. You want to bet Obama won't compromise healthcare and roll over just for a tummy tickle from the establishment?

By another account, at the State of the Union event Obama also went out of his way to greet the entire dreaded Bush apparatus, the Joint Chiefs, Cabinet, Supremes. Hillary Clinton? Why bother, the Clintons are yesterday's news according to MSNBC, trailer trash from Arkansas according to the Beltway, no effort needed there.  To Obama: remember New Hampshire.

This is silliness of the highest order.

I guess we just have to add this to the varied criticisms of Obama: He's too nice; He's not nice enough; He's too liberal; He's too conservative; His base is too narrow; His base is too disparate; He can't win in the North; He can't win in the South; Only conservative Democrats like Katherine Sebelius like him; Only liberal Democrats like Ted Kennedy like him; Only youngsters like him; Only the establishment likes him; He's too crooked; He's too naive.

Now it all makes sense. As his website says:

Barack Obama stands for a new kind of politics -- a politics without partisan bickering and smear tactics.

He doesn't like partisan bickering and smear tactics, but he seems to be okay with intra-party bickering and smear tactics.

This sounds like a band camp story. Did anyone do anything with a flute?