Hillary Won't Share Spotlight with Sarah Palin

Hillary Clinton obviously likes the spotlight on herself and wasn't about to share it with Sarah Palin.

The defeated Democratic presidential candidate canceled her appearance at a rally outside the United Nations on September 22. It is being organized by several Jewish organizations to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressing the UN. It seems they neglected to tell Hillary that Gov. Palin had also been invited to the rally, which infuriated her handlers and led to her refusal to attend. It "was never billed to us as a partisan political event," said Philippe Reines on her behalf. "Sen. Clinton will therefore not be attending."

It's interesting that it was Gov. Palin's appearance--and not Hillary's--that suddenly made it a "partisan political event." Doesn't her inclusion actually keep it from being one?

Blogger Ben Smith reports that the event organizers may now be under pressure from the Obama campaign to "disinvite" Gov. Palin. Oh yeah, now it will definitely be non-partisan. McCain/Pain spokesman Tracey Schmitt responded:

"Governor Palin believes that the danger of a nuclear Iran is greater than party or politics. She hopes that all parties can rally together in opposition to this grave threat."