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House flap manna from heaven for Obama, Dems
Political Animal — ... — but it sure would be entertaining to have Democrats everywhere doing events nationwide, asking members of the audience if they know how many homes they own. ...

Obama Himself Unleashes Broad Populist Attack On McCain
TPM Election Central — ... a number of different recent gaffes or quotes from McCain or his surrogates: Among the various points hit on by Obama: McCain's claim awhile back that we've made great economic progress; McCain's (possibly tongue-in-cheek) claim that $5 million is the threshold for richness; Phil Gramm's claim that we've become a "nation of whiners"; and of course the houses gaffe. Separately, the Obama campaign is apparently planning to deploy surrogates in at least 16 states to press the "houses" attack. This gift ...

Obama to Highlight McCain's Houses
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Sen. Barack Obama's campaign, "moving rapidly to exploit what they see as a major opportunity, is deploying high-profile surrogates in 16 states across the country today to highlight John McCain's uncertainty yesterday about how many houses he owns," according to Politico. "Governors, members of Congress and state legislators will hold conference calls and press conferences in front of homes to draw attention to the issue." CNN quotes Obama today on the campaign trail: "Now think about that -- I guess if you think that being rich means you gotta make ...

Analogy
The Reality-Based Community — [image] Analogy Houses:McCain::Bitter:Obama The Obama campaign is all over it : Hard to see how the McCain camp plays the POW card on this one. Oh, wait .... Full text of Obama's remarks. The good stuff is after the video clip ends: ******** But the fact of the matter is that John McCain is offering more of the same. He said a while back that he thought that we had made great progress economically during the years that George Bush has been in office. Now, that raised some eyebrows. Great progress economically. Who is he talking to? And it turns ...

How many surrogates will speak to McCain's housing hoard? I forget.
Daily Kos — But it's at least four. No, wait, sixteen: Barack Obama's campaign, moving rapidly to exploit what they see as a major opportunity, is deploying high-profile surrogates in 16 states across the country today to highlight John McCain's uncertainty yesterday about how many houses he owns, the Democrat's campaign tells Politico. Governors, members of Congress and state legislators will hold conference calls and press conferences in front of homes to draw attention to the issue.  Party leaders such as Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen and ...

McCain Is Really Pissed Off
Open Left - Front Page — ... This is an effective attack, as demonstrated by poll numbers and by the anger it draws from McCain's campaign. Further, it cuts right at the heart of McCain's central attack on Obama. And the Obama campaign is really attacking it hard. This is great stuff. ...