Obama doesn't let up on McCain's homes

From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones CHESTER, VA -- In another effort to show that  McCain doesn't get middle-class concerns, Obama joked about the interview his rival gave yesterday in which the Arizona senator could not recall the number of houses he owns. Obama, who is fighting to win over voters that are struggling economically, has consistently sought to show that he would be a better steward of the economy than his GOP rival. In nearly every speech in recent days, he has argued that McCain doesn’t get what ordinary American are facing, reminding people of McCain advisor Phil Gramm’s comment about America being a “nation of whiners” and about McCain’s Saddleback quip defining rich as an income of $5 million. “Yesterday, [McCain] was asked again, what do you think about the economy? He says, Well, I think the economy is fundamentally strong; said the economy is fundamentally strong,” he told a crowd of about 250 people. The presumptive Democratic nominee said he had ... (link)