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Twisting the Sister By Monica Crowley (bio)

Hillary Clinton can’t seem to stop campaigning. Maybe it’s because Barack Obama can’t stop dissing her. He claims he’s put all of the animosity of the primary season behind him. He claims he’s over her–and her husband’s—real and perceived hits on him. He claims he wants to help her retire her $20 million plus campaign debt. He claims he wants party unity. He claims he wants her voters. Then why does he slight her every chance he gets? This week, they made a joint campaign appearance. She did her thing, then he got up and did his. Then he moved to leave. Her people were astonished: “Dude!” He quickly turned on his heel and made his way back to center stage, where he apologized for forgetting to ask for dough to help retire her campaign debt. (His appeals have netted a grand total of less than $100,000, according to the New York Times this week.). Whoops, he said. Got carried away. Forgot to ask you to help Hillary. Hillary stood off on the sidelines, undoubtedly rolling her eyes and doing a quiet seethe. Bill was probably watching at home, throwing “Girls Gone Wild” DVDs at the flat screen. On the campaign plane, they didn’t speak much. Some might say at all, given that Barack chose to sleep rather than chit chat with her. The sisterhood–still steamed that the upstart from Chicago has stolen the brass ring from their girl–can’t look on this with happy contentment. Obama had better figure out a way to turn their frowns upside down, or he might face an estrogen tsunami in November. He could start by taking the arrogance down a notch. He’s acting like it’s all about him. Of all of the things he’s ripped off from the Clintons, that’s got to be the unkindest cut of all.