Obama, Clinton and Small Towns

(Via Political Insider.)

It’s impossible to predict exactly how Sen. Barack Obama’s ill-timed comments about “bitter voters” in Pennsylvania and the Midwest will ultimately play out in the Democratic presidential race. The comments certainly make Obama seem elitist and distant from the daily concerns of stereotypical Midwesterners. And Sen. Hillary Clinton correctly points out that both Al Gore and Sen. John Kerry lost the last two presidential races because they were “out of touch” with concerns of “regular” voters. Undecided Democratic superdelegates must be very worried.

But Obama does have one thing going for him as he tries to weather the controversy: Clinton connects no better with your average small town, rural voter than he does. She looks absolutely ridiculous trying to become the church-going, gun-toting candidate before crucial primaries in Pennsylvania and Indiana. If she continues to push this line of attack, it’s more likely to backfire than succeed.