Obama: "McCain's Not One of Us"

McCain made a double-gaff this week. First, he jokingly says that a 5 million dollar income is rich. And then he forgot how many houses he owns (I can just hear his campaign staff smacking their foreheads). Now, Obama would be politically negligent not to jump all over these comments, but I'm not going to give him a pass just because he's doing what any other politician would do. After all, he's supposed to represent the new politics, remember?



For one thing, the 5 million thing was clearly a joke. He picked a high number to make the point that it doesn't matter (he has a bad habit of doing this), since he's not going to raise taxes on anyone.

Secondly, while I admit that not knowing how many houses you own is certainly strange, owning a lot of houses means nothing. Do you think there aren't plenty of Democrats that have a lot of assets? I seem to remember one primary contender that I think has been in the news lately.

But while jumping all over McCain's gaffs, Obama made a mini-gaff of his own. Just after this clip ends, Obama reportedly said:

But if you’re like me, and you got one house, or you were like the millions of people who are struggling right now to keep up with their mortgage so they don’t lose their home, you might have a different perspective.

Like you? Oh yes, those millions of Americans with 1.65 million dollar homes.

Wrong Rating: 1 out of 4 (spin)

(p.s. I wonder if McCain's perceived stumbling on this issue will make him less likely to pick Romney as the V.P.)