That being said, the internet does not have a seat in the electoral college. Releasing this only on the internet is masturbatory. Is it going to air IRL?

We fight fire with fire. But why only on the "internets"?

The Democrats need to keep firing away like this at the plutocratic McCain for his hypocrisy and his elitism. This story has legs and they are clad in $500 Ferragamo shoes.

The question is not whether McCain is rich, so were John and Bobby Kennedy, Franklin and Teddy Roosevelt who benefitted from vast wealth they had inherited. But McCain lacks the introspection, intellectual curiosity, and empathy which permitted these men to rise above their privileged origins. In contrast, McCain is as shallow, incurious, and culturally arrogant as George Bush.

The GOP stupidly raised the issue of elitism when they followed the Mark Penn playbook and smeared Obama with these bogus charges early this summer. Now they are facing the blowback of the issue against their own candidate. McCain's inability to count his houses reminds voters that he is not like the average American. Thanks to his second marriage to an heiress and his silver spoon upbringing, he is able to blithely skate above the cares that plague most of us in this time of economic downturn.

Riding around in a golf cart with Poppy Bush in those spiffy Ferragamos qualifies McCain for the country club, but will, I hope, bar him from the White House.

I wonder if the discussion will be that he was to agresive in responding to attacks, and if only he had been more circumspect he'd be president now.

One thing I will say is that these attacks are a lot more cogent to the case of being president then McCain's "Too Popular to be President" ads.

The central problem with supply siders from Hoover on down isn't that their economics is "wrong" it's that they don't understand the struggles that people endoure while the economy corrects itself.

Likewise this lack of understanding has less to do with a lack of compassion, but simply a removal from that work a day world.

To the McCain's an economic down turn means economizing, by using a local golf course instead of vacationing at pebble beach. For the rest of the electorate economizing means buying an extrabox of oatmeal to streatch out the meatloaf.

And these economic issues are what win elections. People will forgive a lot of personal failings in politics, but one thing they won't forgive is if you think you're better then them.

Which is why the elitism title hurt Obama early on, and why he has made a conserted effort to appear less as the professor, and more as the political street fighter of late.

The bottom line is, the Obama narative of a kid from nowhere making good speaks to the hearts of Americans. A snoty son of privledge who marries a beauty queen simply doesn't.

McCain, pressing the Rezko issue might sting Obama a bit, but in the end, people don't care about such things. They will care about how many mansions you own, and how many servents you have to staff them.

And not really knowing too much about Obama until his bid for the Presidency...(so much for change and revolutionary stances)

I would say that being a politican pretty much equates being out of touch with MOST people...

It is about being out of touch and I'm glad they're playing that up! Of course it is a tightrope because we have that double standard that repubs are allowed to play dirty and dems are supposed to play nice. Obama has to counter that with out coming across as too angry - partly becasue of the class warfare thing (we're all middle class - yeah!) and partly because of the bigotry against black men thing.

I do think he is smart enough and (thank goodness) tough enough to pull it off.

Lost in all of the hand wringing and infighting after the primary brought on by the parade pissing-on PUMAs we forgot that Obama acutally went through and WON a tough battle against one of the most powerful, dynamic and tough political families of our time. We never really got a chance to celebrate.

In terms about this being on the internet- that seems to be the new game. Put something on the internet and wait for it to be picked up and discussed on all of the chat shows. It is cheaper and more effective than running on TV for some things.

Agreed. As Obama's campaign has continued to move forward and he has needed to ingratiate himself to more and more donors, Democratic leaders and other VIPs he seems to have become more out of touch than he had been. Just a year ago I was saying that he was more like a typical American than any Presidential candidate in recent memory. Since then he's taken a crash course on becoming a Washington insider and he seems to be learning a lot. Too bad.

In any case, I don't think McCain's 7 houses put him out of touch any more than Obama's 1 house puts him more in touch with typical Americans. However, the revelation of the 7 houses, coupled with McCain's inability to remember all of them, will remove the "Obama's out of touch" arrow from McCain's quiver for the time being. And that's an important development.

Keep it up, Donks. If Kerry had come out and swinging against Rove 4 years ago this time, that election would have been different.

Don't take the BS, Barack. Keep swinging baby! More of this please.

First, a few lines of set-up.

Then, a photo composite of 99 ordinary Americans and one fabulously wealthy celebrity --- maybe Paris Hilton :)

Show the hundred people...

Voiceover: "John McCain thinks you aren't rich at $4 million per year"

A bunch of people move to one side of the screen.

Voiceover: "John McCain has so many beautiful homes, he's lost count."

More people move to the side.

Voiceover: "So, if you make over $5 million each year, or have seven luxurious houses, maybe you and John McCain have something in common. You do have seven houses, don't you?"

Show all of the people gone, except the "Paris" who hugs McCain and clinks champagne classes.

Voiceover (with an obvious on-screen split between McCain/Paris and the 99 ordinary people): "John McCain. Out of touch with America."