In todays online edition of, The Washington Post, Obama is admitting that what he said in San Francisco did not come out as well as it could have and he told people in an interview with a North Carolina newspaper that, “Obviously, if I worded things in a way that made people offended, I deeply regret that." Obama's inner circle described Obama as frustrated with himself for word choices such as "cling" and references to hot-button issues including religion and guns. His aides also said that Obama is stunned at the uproar over what to him seemed a fundamental fact of American life.
For the second straight day, Clinton's campaign focused on the remarks, and advisers traveling with her were beaming at the opportunity to turn attention away from Bill Clinton's latest error of judgment. Clinton spoke to several saying, "I was taken aback by the demeaning remarks Senator Obama made about people in small-town America. Senator Obama's remarks are elitist and out of touch. They are not reflective of the values and beliefs of Americans, certainly not the Americans that I know. . . . Americans who believe in the Second Amendment believe it's a matter of a constitutional right, Americans who believe in God believe it's a matter of personal faith."
Some analysts are wondering if this will affect Obama heavily and setback his campaign especially since many may still be stirring about the comments from his former pastor Jeremiah Wright. However, another strategist said, “Ultimately, the case that McCain and Clinton will try to make that Obama is an elitist or out of touch has to be credible to the voter, and I don't believe it is. My sense is more people believe Obama, rather than McCain or Clinton, understand their lives and the challenges they face on a daily basis."
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