Both Clintons, Obama To Face Off In Ala.

(CBS/AP)  In competition for a key Democratic voting bloc, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is enlisting the help of her husband, former President Clinton, at a weekend civil rights commemoration headlined by a formidable black rival, Sen. Barack Obama.

Clinton and Obama, the party's top 2008 presidential contenders, will be in Selma, Ala., Sunday to observe the 42nd anniversary of a civil rights march that helped end racial segregation in the South. Obama is scheduled to deliver the day's keynote address at a Selma church that morning, with Sen. Clinton speaking at another church nearby.

But late Thursday, the Clinton campaign announced that the former president would join his wife in a symbolic march across the Edmund Pettus bridge, where civil rights workers were beaten by state troopers in 1965. Obama also will participate in the march, along with civil rights activists and others.

Bill Clinton also will be inducted that day in the National Voting Rights Hall of Fame — another high-profile opportunity for the Clintons to grab the spotlight from the charismatic Obama.

The joint appearance marks the first time the Clintons have appeared together publicly since she announced her candidacy in January.

Normally, Clinton might not worry much about the support of black voters after serving eight years as first lady in a White House that enjoyed legendary popularity among blacks. Bill Clinton was dubbed "the first black president" by author Toni Morrison, and Hillary Clinton has enjoyed strong support from black voters — a critical Democratic constituency — as a senator and presidential contender.

But that popularity is being challenged by Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois who some believe has a real chance at becoming the nation's first black president.

"I think the Clinton camp is sending a signal that they will aggressively contest Barack Obama for the African American vote," said Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., in an interview with the Washington Post. Davis has endorsed Obama and his district includes Selma.

Davis added, "I think it's gratifying to see that two of the leading contenders for the Democratic nomination would want to come to Selma 42 years after Bloody Sunday, and I think it dramatizes the changes that have occurred in American politics and black politics in particular."

Obama spokesman Bill Burton said the more people who attend the anniversary events, the better.

[gunnerv1]

Just Remember...These colors never run (unless your a liberal).

[j-whitman]

Thg,, Before you go, here's another one for the Walking Liar --
-- WASHINGTON - President Bush's proposed federal budget would probably not produce its advertised surplus of $61 billion in five years, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.

Instead, Bush's February budget plan would produce a $9 billion deficit by 2012 if it were to be enacted, CBO maintained.

[j-whitman]

Thg,,
, The only reason our disabled troops are kept on active duty is to pump up the numbers on active duty -- Just as the data is contrived on the War on Terror & the twisted intell we all know now was wrong on Iraq, Iran & North Korea...
Have a nice night

[j-whitman]

Thg,,,, Republicans don't want it fixed,, It would be an admission of failures,
, It may be such a mess now the next 3 Presidents will be trying to fix it.

[j-whitman]

Have a very Bad Night Bushies,, You deserve it.

[j-whitman]

Secretary of the Army,, gone today
Surgeon General,, gone soon
Head of VA,,, next
Iraq is lost,, Afaganistan sinking like Bush's poll numbers
Our military severly damaged
New York & New Jersy's air space & sea ports sold to Sunni's... on & on it goes.

AND YOU IDIOTS ARE BASHING CLINTON & OBAMA -- LOL,,, YOU PEOPLE ARE THE "AXIS OF EVIL"

[j-whitman]

Hawk,,, What happened?? Did you lose the will to fight ??? Bush's poll numbers are now 29% & sinking like a rock.

[j-whitman]

Hawk,,, 88% of our National Guard is not capable of deployment... But the GOP or Fox won't tell you that, will they ??? --- Don't blame me, dems, Clinton or Carter ,,,, Blame your own messenger.

[j-whitman]

Hawk,,,, The only reason our disabled troops are kept on active duty is to pump up the numbers on active duty -- Just as the data is contrived on the War on Terror & the twisted intell we all know now was wrong on Iraq, Iran & North Korea...

[j-whitman]

Hawk,,, There you are, why did you run from the other section ??? ------ The only thing this GOP slash/bash/lie/spin campaign is doing is --- painting America as the "Axis of Evil"