Politico’s Carol Lee reports that President Obama “is declining to take sides in the tied World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees.”
That’s a change of course from last year, when he endorsed both teams playing in the World Series. Reported POLITICO last October:
Barack Obama, campaigning in the key swing state of Florida, is seeking to capitalize on the excitement over the World Series-bound Tampa Bay Rays, telling a Tampa crowd he was “showing some love for the Rays,” several members of which joined him onstage.
Only problem?
Obama, a self-avowed Chicago White Sox fan, declared his allegiance earlier this month for the Rays’ National League opponent in baseball’s championship, the Philadelphia Phillies.
I’d be somewhat interested to know why the President was willing to support the Phillies last year, but not now.
