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.”

Transcript of Obama's Remarks at San Francisco Fundraiser Sunday  —  OBAMA: So, it depends on where you are, but I think it's fair to say that the places where we are going to have to do the most work are the places where people are most cynical about government.

Opponents Call Obama Remarks ‘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 …

Barack Obama: What's the matter with Pennsylvania?  —  To briefly recap: Barack Obama made comments to limousine liberals at a San Francisco fundraiser that people in small town Pennsylvania (and in the Midwest, though Obama is wrong to place PA there) are “bitter” and “cling to guns or religion …

Hicks nix clique's shticks  —  I'm about done with Obama over this mill-closures-drive-small-town-losers- to-guns-and-God business.  If you're running as a glamorous blank slate on which people project their own utopian fantasies, you've got to be very careful not to give the game away …

Obama concedes remarks were ill chosen  —  MUNCIE, Ind. - Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday conceded that comments he made about bitter working class voters who “cling to guns or religion” were ill chosen, as he tried to stem a burst of complaints that he is condescending.

OBAMA: BITTERNESS A REALITY  —  by John McCormick, updated with Clinton, McCain comments  —  MUNCIE, Ind. - Sen. Barack Obama acknowledged today that he should have spoken with greater precision when he recently made remarks at a San Francisco fundraiser that his opponents suggest smack of elitism.