Indiana plant worker calls Obama's remarks condescending, yet true. Bayh says Obama not "elitist."

[flpoljunkie]

Tom Hair, an undecided voter who works at a manufacturing plant in Indianapolis that Clinton visited on Saturday, said Obama's remarks about people from small towns were "condescending."

"He seems like he meant what he said," Hair said of Obama.

But he added that he and other workers at Allison Transmission, which makes transmissions for military vehicles, are frustrated by trade deals and the influx of illegal immigrants.

"You have to be realistic about it," Hair said. "There are a lot of angry people."

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), a Clinton backer who was traveling his state with her, said, "I don't think Senator Obama is an elitist." He added, however, that voters and the Democratic officials known as superdelegates who also get to vote on the party's nominee should consider whether his remarks would allow Republicans to paint him that way.

"But we do have economic hard times," Bayh said, "and that does lead to some frustration and some anger."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/12/AR2008041202094_2.html?hpid=topnews

[thunder rising]

1. What a surprise a Cackler puppet mimics the master.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. "Some frustration and anger?"

Quite an bit, I'd say. Quite a bit.

[gaiilonfong]

3. Bayh must realize Clinton overplayed her hand

He is hedging and backtracking after being on stage with the Queen LIAR, He probably got the results of their focus group, and they were ALL LAUGHING out loud at the pics of Hillary downing Crown Royal with beer chasers...She is a loser and absolutely pathetic!

[thepurpose]

4. Americans, please we cannot be this friggin stupid. I'm angry but if you call me angry will that's

just looking down on me. WTF?

[Arkana]

5. So even Clinton's senatorial backers think she's gone too far with this?

Oh dear...