Apr 22 2008
Obama Struggles with Democrat Organization in Philly
The Guardian reports in Philadelphia:
Barack Obama has been warned that his refusal to pay the traditional “street money” to local operatives to help get the vote out in Philadelphia today could cost him the crucial percentage points needed to knock Hillary Clinton out of the race for the White House.
In many of the city’s poorer wards, the recipients look forward to these bonuses from Democratic officials - a hangover from the days of the party’s old-fashioned machine politics - even though the amounts are relatively small, ranging from $50 to $400.
But as in other contests, Obama is relying on his own army of unpaid
volunteers to get the vote out. The Clinton team, meanwhile, is not saying whether it will pay out “street money”.
There are 69 wards in Philadelphia and estimates suggest it would cost Obama $400,000-$500,000 to pay the 14,000 people normally required to help get the vote out… (read full)
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This is just another example of how Clinton represents more of the same old corrupt politics of the past while Obama is a new beginning. I truly feel it’s up to America to prove itself worthy of this man more than the other way around at this point. Can the people of America use their brains enough to look past the ridiculous hit jobs on Obama? Can they look past all of the nonsensical distractions and look at the big issues? Here’s hoping.
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