Obama’s latest flip-flop? Street money in Philly

Obama REALLY needs Pennsylvania come November, and he REALLY needs Philadelphia to accomplish that. So, despite having said he would not be involved in that type of thing in April, Obama has changed his positon it seems.

According to U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, the local Democratic Party chairman, Sen. Barack Obama’s general-election presidential campaign in Philadelphia will be run different from his primary operation, which relied more on volunteers than on Democratic ward leaders and did not provide street money on Election Day.

“We’re not going to pay for votes or pay for turnout,” Obama said before the Pennsylvania primary.

But Brady said that the campaign has promised street money to pump up turnout in November. And now that Obama is the official nominee, his campaign will team up with the city’s Democratic ward leaders, who traditionally help get out votes.

H/T HotAir

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