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To: Land Shark who wrote (120488)	4/13/2008 12:07:57 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Assessing the Fallout: Obama and 'Bitter' Pa. Voters Barack Obama's presidential campaign continued its damage control effort Saturday afternoon, arranging a conference call for reporters to try to tamp down the uproar over the candidate's off-the-cuff remarks about working-class voters. "I don't think I would use the same words that he used," said Richard Gray, the mayor of Lancaster and one of three Obama backers from the Keystone State on the call. Instead, Gray suggested he would have highlighted the anger felt by many residents living in small communities around the country. "There is a level of anger that is just seething there," Gray said. Obama campaign chief strategist David Axelrod sought to put Obama's remarks in context -- dismissing them as a verbal gaffe and not an expression of the candidate's commmitment to fighting for working people. "Did he choose his words poorly? Yes," said Axelrod, although he dodged a question about whether Obama would apologize for his comments. "He has made it very clear that he regrets the remarks," said Axelrod. Obama's senior strategist quickly pivoted to attack Hillary Rodham Clinton for trying to turn the Obama remarks into a political issue. "Senator Clinton pounced on this first thing in the morning predictably," said Axelrod, adding that Clinton's comments were in keeping with a "rewriting of history that has become emblematic of this campaign." Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign (as well as the Republican National Committee and John McCain) is still pouring it on. Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), a leading Clinton backer, said that Obama's comments should be seriously considered by undecided superdelegates. "I think it's a real potential political problem and it's something for superdelegates and voters to think about," Bayh said, according to a report by CNN. From Earlier Today: This morning in Muncie, Indiana, Obama addressed the firestorm caused by his comments about working class Pennsylvania voters being "bitter" about their economic lot, and thus understandably nativistic in their outlook on everything from God to guns to immigrants. The key line from this morning: "I didn't say it as well as I should have..."