(Ebru News/AP) Democratic presidential candidates on Sunday shifted their focus towards the next big contest, South Carolina, where black voters could potentially swing the outcome. Speaking in churches to large crowds, both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton invoked the memory of famed civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior,
Obama took to the pulpit at King's Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, offering a familiar campaign message centering on hope.
Barack Obama, Democratic presidential hopeful said:
"That's okay, it's true. I talk about hope, pastor. I talk about it a lot. Because the odds of me standing here today are so small, so remote, that I couldn't have gotten here without some hope."
He then drew loud applause as he referred to his own struggles growing up without a father.
Up north, in New York, former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at the Abyssinian Baptist Church.
Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential hopeful said:
"I want to just underscore, though, what Dr. King was doing when he was murdered. He was in Memphis, Tennessee. He was marching with striking sanitation workers. He was leading the charge for economic justice.
Meanwhile, former North Carolina senator John Edwards addressed an audience in South Carolina, on Sunday, he said it was important to bring investment into small towns and communities.
John Edwards, Democratic presidential hopeful said:
"What happens is, the investment capital in America congregates around the big cities, in the urban areas. It doesn't get in to small towns and small communities. We want want to help jump-start investment in communities and towns just like these."
The candidates are all looking to score a victory in Tuesday's crucial South Carolina Democratic Primary Election.
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