gelato and clarification, please

It’s only May of 2017, and Minnesota’s very own vodka and gelato tycoon is already a flip-flopper.

6AM: Dean Phillips tells Politico Pro’s Morning Score that he will not self-fund. “I’m going to do it the old fashioned way, which is to meet and greet and pound the pavement and solicit contributions big and small…And I think that’s how this should be done.”

9AM: Dean Phillips tells Roll Call that he will, in fact, self-fund. He responded: “I will make up the difference…” when asked how much of his money he will put in the race.

Perhaps, in that 3 hour span, he realized how formidable of an opponent he faces.

Can we get a serving of clarification with our gelato, please?