20070306 Bridge under troubled rivals

Bridge under troubled rivals

March 5th, 2007

I found this example of the foreign press’ account – in this case, New Zealand’s press , on Illinois Senator Barack Obama and New York Senator Hillary Clinton’s sudden interest in Selma, Alabama to be an interesting read.

And the picture told a great story also:

“Tuesday, March 4th, 2007. Hillary and Bill Clinton march in Selma as a marcher holds a Time magazine featuring Barack Obama above them. Photo / Reuters”

Powerline also weighed-in on an aspect of the pandering: “Chicken-Fried Hillary.”

She will say anything – do anything to win an election… One wonders for what she really stands? And one wonders why so much “Clinton fatigue” abounds.

Bridge under troubled rivals By David Usborne 5:00AM Tuesday March 06, 2007

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But it was only last week that she changed her schedule to be in Selma and the reason is barely a mystery: she had learned that Obama, the rival she fears above all others in the Democratic field, was going to be there and she could not afford to leave the day to him. While only months ago she polled far above Obama among African American voters, suddenly new polls show him pulling ahead.

And click here for the reason why…

Read the rest of Mr. Usborne’s New Zealand Herald article here: Bridge under troubled rivals

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