The Chairman Sez: You Want An Endorsement? Come See Us.

Well the Democratic City Committee just wrapped up its meeting about the April 22 presidential primary and, as expected, they didn't endorse either U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton or U.S. Sen. Barack Obama.

U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, the party chairman, this week told PhillyClout he had invited both candidates to the meeting to make their pitch for an endorsement. Instead, Clinton sent her husband [OK, a former President gets some attention] and Obama sent rookie U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy.

After the meeting, Brady told PhillyClout's Catherine Lucey that he will again invite Clinton and Obama to stop by to sweet-talk the city's ward leaders. "We're not going to make a decision today because we want the candidates themselves to come in front of us," Brady said. "If it's that important to them that they need Philadelphia, they should come in front of us."

With Pennsylvania suddenly very important to securing the nomination, that sounds like a command performance.