Obama texting for turnout for Weprin

Published September 12, 2011 4:00am ET



Just minutes after a Rose Garden speech demanding that Congress pass a jobs bill, President Obama tried to salvage some congressional support by campaigning for David Weprin, the struggling Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in the NY-9 special election.

Joseph Weisenthal of Business Insider tweeted that he “got a text from Obama to go vote fore Weprin today. I live in Lower Manhattan.” If I understand that tweet correctly, then Obama actually gave bad directions – Election Day is tomorrow, not today.

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