No Street Money in Chicago; Could Obama Lose Illinois? Cook County?
September 22, 2012 § Leave a Comment
A lot of anger in the rank and file because Barack Obama is not handing out the typical “street money” to hire thugs to work the precincts and intimidate black voters into showing up at the polls. Obama’s balking at the $2 million that would cost because the campaign can’t afford to spend it.
This could cost him enough votes in Cook County for Romney to win it…and thus the state.
Sound incredible? It is. That’s true. But a lack of street money makes this possible if not probable.
This is not exactly a shakedown but it is another common occurrence on the Chicago’s West Side (and I understand the South too.) I’ve seen it first hand in a local race… it’s bizarre.
Kevin DuJan has excellent sources. If he says this appears to be a problem then it’s going to be a problem.
