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Bill Beams at Barack
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03/05/07 08:38 AM ET
The New York Times may have pushed the story of the Obama/Clinton Selma Showdown onto page A14, but the historic photograph of Bill and Hillary Clinton crossing the Edmund Pettus bridge with her rival, Sen. Barack Obama, is naturally the lead picture on the front page. In it Hillary looks her very best, almost regal in her mint green. But her husband at her side is looking directly at Obama, who stands out as the relaxed figure without blazer in rolled-up shirtsleeves, positioned diplomatically at the other end of the line. In fact, Bill
Clinton and Obama are beaming at each other.
This weekend's campaign for black voters had both Hillary and Obama posturing at preacher's pulpits, each trying to become Bill Clinton. Neither performance was subtle. Obama's southern accent — picked up in Illinois — became more pronounced as he tried to claim the events in Selma 42 years ago gave birth to him, though his black and white
parents fell in love and conceived him years earlier. Hillary seems to know she is less Bill than Obama, so all she forced out was "I come here as a sister in worship." Not her sharpest rhetorical moment, but maybe it sounded better in person than in print.
This was Obama's weekend, as he was invited to give the keynote address, but Clinton made sure she would be there to mitigate his momentum. Still, Obama won the day, according to accounts, with more crowds, more applause and more members of Congress accompanying him than Clinton. Among the visiting lawmakers were Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), longtime Clinton friends who have publicly revealed their affection for Obama but haven't endorsed him out of pressure from the Clinton machine. They haven't endorsed her, either, but have chosen for now to keep walking around with a stomach ache, buying time and hoping something happens that gets them out of this hideous choice.
Bill Clinton fans in Selma reportedly swarmed him and got those big hugs, despite the fact that some of them donned Obama pins. It doesn't take much to imagine just how hard Bill Clinton would be campaigning for Obama if his wife hadn't gotten the idea of running for president into her head. Bill Clinton likes excitement, and it looks like he's trying not to swoon around Obama.
The picture says it all.
Clinton and Obama are beaming at each other.
This weekend's campaign for black voters had both Hillary and Obama posturing at preacher's pulpits, each trying to become Bill Clinton. Neither performance was subtle. Obama's southern accent — picked up in Illinois — became more pronounced as he tried to claim the events in Selma 42 years ago gave birth to him, though his black and white
parents fell in love and conceived him years earlier. Hillary seems to know she is less Bill than Obama, so all she forced out was "I come here as a sister in worship." Not her sharpest rhetorical moment, but maybe it sounded better in person than in print.
This was Obama's weekend, as he was invited to give the keynote address, but Clinton made sure she would be there to mitigate his momentum. Still, Obama won the day, according to accounts, with more crowds, more applause and more members of Congress accompanying him than Clinton. Among the visiting lawmakers were Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), longtime Clinton friends who have publicly revealed their affection for Obama but haven't endorsed him out of pressure from the Clinton machine. They haven't endorsed her, either, but have chosen for now to keep walking around with a stomach ache, buying time and hoping something happens that gets them out of this hideous choice.
Bill Clinton fans in Selma reportedly swarmed him and got those big hugs, despite the fact that some of them donned Obama pins. It doesn't take much to imagine just how hard Bill Clinton would be campaigning for Obama if his wife hadn't gotten the idea of running for president into her head. Bill Clinton likes excitement, and it looks like he's trying not to swoon around Obama.
The picture says it all.
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