John McCain definitely stumbled when he told the
Politico he didn't
know how many houses he and his wife had, and had to ask his
staff. With polls showing that Barack Obama hasn't been able to
gain any advantage over McCain on economic issues, it isn't
surprising that he jumped all over it, integrating it into his stump
speech and taking out an ad. I think this class warfare argument is
a bit silly, but don't forget silly things like marveling at a
high-tech grocery scanner helped create the impression that the
elder President Bush was out of touch in 1992. The problem for
Obama is that all of the talk of houses, gives the McCain people an
opening to bring up Tony Rezko, the convicted Chicago
businessman who helped Obama buy his current home.
UPDATE: The RNC has a new Obama-Rezko
Shady Deal site up.
topics:
John McCain, Barack Obama, Business
