Hiatt: Bill Clinton and Obama each having "the time of his life" at Selma march, while Sen. Clinton "appear[ed] grimly determined to walk on"

In his March 26 column, Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt wrote that in a photograph of a March 4 commemorative civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) "appear[ed] grimly determined to walk on," while former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) were "each grinning and apparently having the time of his life." Hiatt, who conceded that the photo may have been "an unlucky shot," had earlier asked, "Is it coincidence that the two touted as the front-runners at the start [of the presidential race], Hillary Clinton and John McCain, seem to be having the least fun?" From Hiatt's column:

Is it coincidence that the two touted as the front-runners at the start, Hillary Clinton and John McCain, seem to be having the least fun? Maybe it was just an unlucky shot, but a photograph from Selma appeared to capture it in Clinton's case: a band of politicians and civil rights leaders linking arms to replicate the famous march, with Bill Clinton on one side looking over at Barack Obama on the other, each grinning and apparently having the time of his life, and Hillary between them, appearing grimly determined to walk on.

Although Hiatt did not specify which photograph he was discussing, other photographs of the Selma march show Clinton smiling along with President Clinton and Obama.

—S.P.