Comments Obama made privately about small-town voters at a fund raiser in San Francisco last Sunday, have Democrats running for cover, Hillary delighted and McCain more hopeful. <br /><br />Democratic strategist Kirsten Powers said, "It comes off very badly. They are things that I think in a liberal world sound totally normal, and outside of that world I don’t know that he appreciates how it sounds. And it just sounds very elitist, and it sounds like he’s looking down on people.” <br /><br />A Hannity & Colmes panel here dissects the Obama flub about how small-town voters are bitter and "cling to religion or guns or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment". <br /><br />Previewed the in Hannity & Colmes video clip, Hillary seizes the moment with, “I was taken aback by the demeaning remarks Senator Obama made about people in small-town America. Senator Obama’s remarks are elitist and they’re out of touch. Americans who believe in the Second Amendment believe it’s a Constitutional right. Americans who believe in God believe it’s a matter of personal faith. Americans who believe in protecting good American jobs believe it’s a matter of the American dream. People embrace faith not because they are materially poor but because they are spiritually rich.”
