Will Hillary Win Philly? April 11 2008
Maybe, but only if she greases the local skids.
Anyone else been wondering why Congressman Bob Brady (and Superdelegate) hasn’t picked a side yet?
Because he’s got his palm out.
They see Obama spending millions of dollars on advertising: television, radio, and the Internet. As state Rep. Dwight Evans puts it, the money has gone to white people. Why won’t Obama give street money to the African-Americans who are doing the ground work for his campaign in Philadelphia? One ward boss says that a lot of poor people live in his neighborhood, and he’s not about to ask them to work for free while the campaign spends that kind of money elsewhere.
The Hillary Clinton campaign will almost certainly pony up the cash. The bill is expected to reach between $400K – $500K in street money, and if Hillary can make significant inroads in Philadelphia, it will be worth the price. Even if she doesn’t win the city, a close race there will make the overall state contest a landslide — which she desperately needs at the moment. If she pulls that off, she can continue to make her argument that Obama has lost momentum coming into the convention.
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