Obama on small-town PA: Clinging to religion, guns, xenophobia  —  Huffpo's Mayhill Fowler has more from Obama's remarks at a San Francisco fundraiser Sunday, and they include an attempt to explain the resentment in small-town Pennsylvania that won't be appreciated by some of the people whose votes Obama's seeking:

IS OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN OVER?  —  It may be.  I don't see how anyone known to have uttered these words can be elected President: … Barack Obama's arrogance has been evident for some time, and it's no shock, perhaps, to learn that that he shares this bigoted opinion, common among urban liberals, of people who live in “small towns.”

Obama's “Gaffe:” Some Perspective  —  We're dealing tonight with a classic Kinsleyian “gaffe,” where a candidate says what he means and then is forced to account for it.  Let's separate, for the moment, the politics of Obama's words from the argument he is making.

McCain camp hammers Obama on small town comments  —  The McCain campaign, finding a gift in its lap, tees off on the eye-opening comments by Barack Obama from a fundraiser last week in San Francisco (of all places).  —  Asked to respond, McCain adviser Steve Schmidt called it a “remarkable statement and extremely revealing.”

The Red-Blue Divide  —  These remarks by Obama in San Francisco are, to put it gently, not the most felicitously phrased: … You can see the point he is trying to make - it's the Thomas Frank argument - and you can argue about its merits, back and forth.  I don't think it's meant pejoratively …

Obama In His Own Words … Tucker Bounds sends along the McCain response:

Obama Responds To Criticism  —  Republicans sense an opportunity in the developing storm over Barack Obama's remarks.  —  His comments have been distributed to allies on Capitol Hill, to members of the Pennsylvania press corps, to talk radio hosts across the country, to Republican state parties …

Opponents Call Obama ‘Out of Touch’  —  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — As Senator Barack Obama sought to broaden his appeal to voters in southern Indiana on Friday, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain separately criticized him as being out of touch with the middle class …

I Was Born In A Small Town  —  Jiminy, Obama unleashes his inner Michelle: … They will make a lovely First Couple.  —  MORE: Some excerpts from the New Yorker profile of Michelle Obama: … Dick Cheney's dad worked for the USDA; Cheney himself flunked out of Yale before getting a degree at the University of Wyoming.

Temple Poll shows Clinton continues to lead Obama in Pennsylvania  —  Poll also shows candidates' coalitions have different orientations toward voting  —  Senator Hillary Clinton leads Senator Barack Obama by 44 - 35 percent among Pennsylvanians likely to vote in the Democratic presidential primary on April 22.