Obama Will Be Moving Money

Although we were told it was important at the time, looking back it seems that Barack Obama’s loss to Hillary Clinton in the Pennsylvania primary didn’t mean much. Maybe that’s why Obama didn’t campaign much here and didn’t shower the town in street money.

Rest assured the general election is a bit more important, and so the Obama campaign will be handing out billions of dollars come November. Maybe not billions, but there will be street money. Bob Brady says so.

“In the fall I think there is going to be an expectation of City Committee that just like in the Kerry campaign and just like in the Gore campaign there will be money moving into City Committee for election-day activity,” said political consultant Ken Smuckler.

Ain’t democracy grand?

Obama to pony up street money in November [Daily News]

No Such Thing As Street Money?

Some dude named “Donnie Fowler” (Al Gore’s field director in 2000, and what a bang-up job he did) was on Fox News today claiming there is no such thing as street money, even though there is, and it’s how politics is done in Philadelphia. But he says it’s just people getting a fair wage for working for a day for a politician. So… only $100 is a fair wage to Democrats for a hard day’s work? (Update: Well, if it’s cash…) How Republican of them.

I was a little confused, but then I got it: He’s on Fox News. Sticking to the “truth” isn’t what you do when you go on Fox News. Video after the jump.

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