Check out this video of the former Presidents waiting it out in the crypt of the Capitol.

...the ex-Presidents gathered in the crypt of the Capitol preparing to head out to the platform, a chilly day got a bit chillier as the Carters and the Clintons were forced to occupy the same cramped space.

Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter appeared to greet former Republican President George H.W. Bush and his wife warmly, kissing Barbara Bush on the cheek. But as Carter passed fellow Democrats Bill and Hillary Clinton, the two men did not appear to acknowledge each others presence at all.

To be fair, no one ever really liked the Carters in Washington. Whether this was Jimmy Carter's fault or simply the dynamics of Washington is hard to say, but it is fair to say that Democrat egos make it very hard for them just to get along. The Clinton2 reputably blamed Carter and the Reagan landslide for Clinton's loss of the governorship in Arkansas. Carter for his part just didn't like the way Clinton was running things and meddled inexcusably in his foreign policy and broke ranks to criticize Clinton over his intern scandal. Let's just say there is no love lost among two egomaniacs.

Is it just a gossipy observation or a sign of things to come? Democrat egos are massive, ubiquitous and in power. Will Pelosi and Reid taking marching orders from Emanuel and Obama? Reid may be more tractable since he's going to have difficulty getting reelected and the juice of a popular president (assuming that is the case in two years...) could make the difference. Pelosi has already drawn her line in the sand.

I think the country may find that Democrat fratricide is even more intense that the war against the Bush administration.

One might be tempted to dismiss it as unintentional as Carter has claimed, but the body language in the above picture screams that there is indeed something going on.