A sign of the times featuring Terry McAuliffe?

Was Terry McAuliffe, chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, engaging in his own sort of hedging strategy at a recent meeting of Washington State Democrats? Or was the former Democratic National Committee chair engaging in a kumbayah, all-us-Democrats-are-in-this-together moment?

McAuliffe attended the regional caucuses of the Washington State Democrats over the weekend and graciously posed with some grass-roots Democrats.

What's really interesting, as you can see from these photos, is that McAuliffe posed with supporters of Barack Obama's presidential campaign and that a beaming McAuliffe helped them hold up their large Obama signs for the camera. McAuliffe is wearing his Clinton button but it's dwarfed by the Obama sign he's holding.

We don't want to read too much into these photos. But it's definitely striking to see the chairman of the Clinton campaign smiling broadly into the camera while holding up a campaign poster for Obama.

These are certainly not the kind of photos Clinton would want to see on the heels of the Mark Penn controversy.

-- Frank James

Frank James writes for the Swamp of the Chicago Tribune's Washington bureau.

Comments

[wallace]

These photos are clearly doctored. See Terry McAuliffe?

Look closely.

They photoshopped out his goatee, horns and tail.

[Is Paris burning ?]

Everyone knows McAuliffe is a lying and cheating attack dog. However,given the scumbags and sleaze balls
rampant in BO's team it was either McAuliffe or Carville.
Personaly I think she would be leading instead of trailing
had she picked Carville. McAuliffe demonstrated his poor
jugement and incapacity when he was active for Gore and John Kerry.