From Deseret News archives:
Obama, Clintons march in Selma
Demo rivals appeal for support from blacks
It was an extraordinary sight: The Clintons and Obama, competitors for the Democratic presidential nomination, locking arms with two black congressman in between them and walking down Martin Luther King Jr. Street to commemorate the footsteps of black demonstrators who were met with violence as they tried to march to Montgomery to demand civil rights in 1965.
The visit to Selma, a historically rich, economically struggling city, became a proxy battle for black support between Hillary Clinton and Obama, whose historic candidacy represents a threat to Clinton's traditional base. That competitive dynamic intensified Sunday with the debut of Bill Clinton on the campaign trail, six weeks into his wife's bid, and among a bloc of voters who are at once devoted to the former president and torn between his wife and Obama.
Bill Clinton, arguably the most cadence-blessed speaker of the three, half-joked Sunday afternoon that he had been bested by the other two. "All the good speaking has been done by Hillary and Senator Obama already I'm just sort of bringing up the rear," he said.
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