NY Daily News frontpage: BARACK WINS BATTLE OF THE BRIDGE: Hillary very good; both praise the other

[DeepModem Mom]

March marks battle of bridge
Barack’s star power gives him the edge over Hillary
By AUSTIN FENNER and CELESTE KATZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS


Obama (left), Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), Sen. Hillary Clinton and ex-President Bill Clinton hold hands as they march to Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.

SELMA, Ala. — Hillary Clinton was very good, Barack Obama was a little better.

In the battle for Selma — and the black vote across the U.S. — yesterday's round went to the senator from Illinois.

Both were greeted enthusiastically at historic black churches, where they pumped up the congregations with fiery speeches. Both were cheered as they marched to the Edmund Pettus Bridge, walking in the steps of civil rights pioneers beaten bloody 42 years ago.

But on a day when two presidential heavyweight contenders came to town, it was Obama's intensely personal and provocative remarks at Brown Chapel AME Church - and the rock-star treatment he received along the route of the march - that gave him an edge....

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Obama linked his White House bid to the legacy of the civil rights movement.

"Don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Ala. Don't tell me I'm not coming home to Selma, Ala. I'm here because somebody marched. I'm here because you all sacrificed for me. I stand on the shoulders of giants," he said....

Clinton, who has enjoyed great popularity among black voters but has seen Obama draw away support in recent polls, also linked her candidacy to the civil rights movement, saying Selma's struggles helped clear the way for a woman to run for President....

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Far from being presented to the public as a chilly faceoff, Sens. Clinton and Obama, crossing paths on the campaign trail for the first time, shook hands at one point during the event and offered each other words of praise.

In the crowd, one dad who came from Atlanta was sure he was seeing history being made.

"Look at Obama, he's going to be the first black President," said Kenneth Byrd, who proudly took turns hoisting his son, Myles Byrd, 10, and daughter, Erin, up for a look.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/502788p-424073c.html

[TheLeftyMom]

1. rose colored glasses

I appreciated the two of them participating in things together. I didn't catch all the news about it, but wouldn't it be wonderful if our party, was the first party where the candidates ran their election bids in peace? pointing out their differences but not being nasty about them (Obama could say she's too 'inside' and Hilary can say he's too inexperienced, both would/could be seen as true without being 'harsh' or 'mean') and promoting, first and foremost, the democratic party? Wouldn't taht be a radical and welcome change -- showing such a unified front BEFORE the convention and letting the Pukes just look like the idiots they are fighting and stabbing each other in the back, like Bush did McCain years ago?

Sigh. I need to take off the rose colored glasses.

[Forkboy]

2. Hyperbole much?

friggin Post :crazy:

:)

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Sorry -- but this is from the Daily News. (Not owned by Murdoch.)

Both NY tabloids, of course, entertain, and sell papers, with hyperbole.

:)

[Forkboy]

5. Yep...but the headlines kill me.

Battle of the Bridge....good grief :)

[DeepModem Mom]

6. Generally considered the best NYC tabloid headline ever...

is NY Post's, "Headless Body Found in Topless Bar."

[Forkboy]

7. lol...I actually remember that one

Maybe matcom posted it in the Lounge or something.Nothing like a little dismemberment humor :silly:

[NYCGirl]

4. That's from the NY Daily News. And the article is surprisingly even-handed.

Edited to add second sentence.