Clinton Includes God in the Conversation

ABC News’ Eloise Harper reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., speaking on Friday at the Brookland Baptist Church, in Columbia, S.C. brought faith into the conversation. "Well, and the congregation said amen," Clinton said. "I do think that we hope and pray with all our might for God to continue his blessings on us but we also know he is looking for a little help for all of us and we’re gathered here tonight for those who have been trail blazers in doing God’s work on this earth."

Clinton thanked Bishop F.C. James and said that "during a lot of those years in Arkansas he was not only our friend, but as a United Methodist I could count on him as a bishop from time to time."

After a day of swipes back-and-forth between the top three Democratic candidates running for president, Clinton abstained from engaging in the politics of Iran or the war in Iraq. Instead, Clinton, introduced some faith-based language, but primarily focused on voter registration. "Langston Hughes said ‘Let America be America again,’" Clinton said, adding, "well let us be Americans, rolling up our sleeves, working together, finding common cause, solving problems. But none of this can happen unless we register our fellow citizens to vote."

People uttered "uh-huh" and "yes" in the crowd as Clinton spoke about the current president and of the tragedies of Hurricane Katrina.

Perhaps Clinton couldn’t resist a subtle dig at her top democratic rival, Sen. Obama, and his politics of hope. Clinton concluded her remarks saying, "This church wasn’t built by wishing, it was built by planning and working and making it happen. We didn’t get our rights sitting around hoping and thinking it could happen but because people like Jim Felder and John Lewis and others are willing to get out there and lead."