COMPOUNDING THE ERROR? “Sen. Obama’s explanation and pushback are actually worse than his original offense.” He certainly hasn’t helped himself, so far.

UPDATE: The Washington Post put the biggest political story in weeks on page 4. “This may be what makes Pennsylvanians so bitter: Even when they are insulted, the elites don’t think it is newsworthy.”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Obama’s Elitism, Careerism Now Campaign Issues.

MORE: Heh. Hicks nix clique’s shticks. “If you’re running as a glamorous blank slate on which people project their own utopian fantasies, you’ve got to be very careful not to give the game away – especially when the game turns out to be the usual cliched elite disdain for the great unwashed.”

Plus, the McGovernization of Obama. “And pundits keep wondering why Hillary won’t give up?”

More at Talkleft: “Is he digging himself into a deeper hole? Clinging to anti-immigrant sentiment isn’t a bad thing? Isn’t he still saying PA voters harbor anti-immigrant sentiment that have been passed down to them through generations?”

STILL MORE: A.P.: “Obama scrambled Saturday to quell the furor.”