June 4, 2008 - 4:43pm
Philly Mayor Nutter ready to campaign for Obama
By Dan HirschhornPHILADELPHIA-After stumping hard for Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) before Pennsylvania's April primary contest, Mayor Michael Nutter said today that he was ready to campaign for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.
"I'm a Democrat, I'm supporting the Democratic nominee," Nutter told reporters this afternoon at City Hall.
"I'm going to do everything I can to help," he added.
He opted not to jump into the debate over whether Obama choose Clinton as his running mate, calling it "a very personal decision." He said Obama should be allowed to make the decision with "fill freedom and flexibility, without a lot of pressure."
Obama endorsed U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Philadelphia) in his mayoral run last year, but Nutter was swept into office on promises of reform. Along with Gov. Ed Rendell, Nutter then backed Clinton in the primary fight.
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