Has Obama done an "uh oh"?

The Huffington Post Web site reported Friday that Obama, speaking of some Pennsylvanians' economic anxieties, told supporters at the San Francisco fundraiser: "You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years. ... And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

This could bury Obama. Clinton and McCain are already jumping on it.

If it does him in, it'll be sad. Because I think this is one rare occasion of frankness and intelligence from a politician.