Unlikely PDA: The Obama-Clinton Edition (SLIDESHOW)

Look who's palling around now! Former opponents/frenemies Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton looked so cozy at an Orlando rally on Monday that it seems all has been forgotten and very much forgiven. What brutal 15-month battle for the Democratic presidential nomination?

• • • • • • • • • • The former opponents step off the campaign plane in Orlando on Monday.

Comments

[lmt27]

09:30 AM on 10/31/2008

I bet when he is with Hillary he feels like she is his mother. I wish his mother were still alive to see him; she would be sooo proud of him. People forget that Obama's mother had a great influence on him and it sure paid off; He treats woman with such respect. I wish he could be cloned. I think Hillary and Bill will play a big part in an Obama administration.

[VictoriaVice1]

01:58 PM on 10/25/2008

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/orl-obama2108oct21,0,1521399,print.story

(Hillary) launched into stump speech more typical of a vice-presidential candidate than a surrogate.
"'George Bush has practiced what John McCain has preached.'" Economy? Hillary said, "Democratic president did it before, and a Democratic president will do it again.'"

What about naming Bill and Barack?
The pix lol look like Hillary has decided that if she cannot run for President, then she'll do a Joe Biden, the veep pick. She then doubles-down __if she cannot run for President, if she cannot run for veep, then she will do a silent "SNL" kind of move or two just Michelle Obama, Barack's first lady and first lady 44, coming soon with Barack Obama POTUS, the heir to democratic president 41 __WJC.

Hillary showmanship!
She was having the time of campaign endgame 2008__ teaming with the winner Barack before an Obama-sized rally again at last! (Hillary was wrong in her old taunt that Barack Obama had no chance of beating John McCain.) Hillary is acknowledging Obama's ability to be President.

Next day Miami Get Out the Vote Early rally appeared real Michelle Obama on stage with Barack, a really All American political power duo, power couple! See pix of Barack and Michelle__visual love between mate and helpmeet__POTUS 44 and his first lady. And of course, the PDA 1 and PDA 2 Barack and Michelle on Huffington Post.

Obama __ Biden 2008__The Change We Need!

[marymansour]

02:57 PM on 10/24/2008

Good deal. I like those pictures.

[Kate4Change]

01:41 PM on 10/24/2008

I see alot more chemistry between Hillary and Obama than McCain and Palin! Now that is what I call unity! Way to go Obama and Hillary. You are the example of how Americans can come together after some friendly competition. =)

[LongreachAU]

03:01 AM on 10/23/2008

inspiring! yes we can.

[siney]

02:42 AM on 10/23/2008

okay...i'm a total fan of both of these two...and i also love SNL style humor...i think this is from madTV though....one of the funniest vids i've seen this campaign season, second only to tina fey...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xb3bDwE9jQ

[revphil]

10:33 PM on 10/22/2008

i love em both, and what you see are two giants trying to look "most" presidential. the video is funnier, watching them at the airport, taking turns flailing their arms as if they are descibing something. Maaan they're funny. but with obama in the white house and hillary running the senate...... i look forward to the future.

[jobecky20]

10:22 PM on 10/22/2008

Awww....this is really sweet. I love them both.

BTW is it just me or does anyone else think that the Obama family is the epitome of the idyllic American family? They seem so apple pie to me...so American. I don't understand the crazies who think of this beautiful family as "the other." They are very Norman Rockwell.

[txgal44]

12:38 AM on 10/31/2008

I totally agree. They're a lovely family. The Repubs are losing their minds!! Just making $ h it up!

[BosieO]

09:50 PM on 10/22/2008

I like them both...I will stand by both....regardless what the media tries to make of it...I'm smart enough they only make drama to sale their news and distract us...I knwo they are in the same team and if i was competing with some (THATS WHY ITS CALLED PRIMARIES) I will go full on attack...GET OVER IT PEOPLE! OBAMA/BIDEN '08 (I LOVE THE CLINTONS)

[ObamaProud]

08:57 PM on 10/22/2008

It's great to see them getting along. It seems genuine.

Not sure my opinion of Hillary's nasty campaign will ever recover though.

[MrPragmatic]

09:19 PM on 10/22/2008

Oh brother, follow your leader and get over it already.

[Obinna]

07:31 PM on 10/22/2008

I loved those pictures.

But you know what I see? I see that Hillary has read the handwriting on the wall and now knows that Obama is so close to winning this thing. So she now sees that she fully has to embrace Obama and possibly set herself up for a very powerful role in the next administration WHILE Bill Clinton takes a back seat. If Obama wins it will bring a final close to the long chapter of the Clinton dominance of the Democratic Party and Hillary is very smart for recognizing the trend and ingratiating herself with the new and future face of the Democratic Party.

[Brillig]

10:54 PM on 10/22/2008

I see that from the minute she and Barack met at Diane Feinsteins house, they planned exactly what to do. They bonded. Bill was the person holding back - but with the media bashing him for doing so, he has released Hillary to do what she meant to do all along.

Hillary and Obama do love each other...really.

[SaraPulis]

06:44 PM on 10/22/2008

Obama and Clinton friends? Why not? Ford and Carter were post-presidential BFFs, and Bush Sr and Clinton seem to get along well. The fact that these two are so politically similar makes it even more likely, right?

[mommamia526]

06:02 PM on 10/22/2008

They are both intellectuals, and they both care about the U.S. They both love a good academic fight and debate. Hillary gave as good as she got, and vice versa. They both appreciate that. It was about argument and making a case. They are lawyers. They battled in the court of public opinion and one won more votes, just barely. Obama has said, he does not like yeahsayers, that is why he chose Biden. He also considered Hillary, but she came with an ex President as part of the deal. Obama intends to win, and the victory is even sweeter if the fight is a difficult one. It is not about personality, with either one of them. It is about argument and making the case. I voted for Hillary in the primaries and for Barack now.

[rahmanya]

07:17 PM on 10/22/2008

Spot on Mommamia526! Spot on!

I couldn't agree more with you! I am so so happy to see these two together now trying to move America forward after such a fierce battle in the primaries! Its a case of "let's disagree to agree " and that is progressiveness! and that's why the GOP are struggling to catch up!

[revphil]

10:24 PM on 10/22/2008

its will be even sweeter because he will win "doing it his way".... choosing a running mate (Biden) for governing purposes, vs. choosing a running mate (Clinton) for politcal purposes. "i did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyyyyy!" rock on barack!

[4everdem]

06:00 PM on 10/22/2008

Love the blue pantsuit.

I miss Hillary and her pantsuits. I hope she doesn't just fade away like Dukakis or potato boy.

[BushBites]

05:30 PM on 10/22/2008

Obama should be grateful for the training Hillary gave him.

McCain looks like a nervous little sawed-off runt by comparison.