I, for one, don't find Obama's comment "silly"--inelegant, perhaps. The fact is that Republicans have used wedge issues like gun control, immigration, abortion rights to distract people from realizing that, economically speaking, they're being screwed over and our country taken over by tax-evading corporations. People can't afford to ignore this any longer as, what some 15%(?) of the population is signing up for food stamps. What surprises me is how many members of the elite MSM continue to criticize Obama in view of the polls and comments that show that many working class people LIKED his statement. You pundits need to get out more.
As for McCain not being elitist, he's a guy with 8 homes, for god's sake, whose wife is worth more than $100 million and whose campaign staff is filled with high profile lobbyists. Get real.