Obama Calls McCain `Out of Touch' After First Debate

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Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama and John McCain, fresh from their first presidential debate, resumed campaigning today, with Obama calling his rival ``out of touch,'' as congressional leaders continued talks on a $700 billion bank-bailout plan.

Democratic Presidential nominee Obama reunited with running-mate Joe Biden in Greensboro, North Carolina, where they highlighted the fact that the Republican candidate didn't once use the term ``middle class'' during last night's debate, which focused on the economy and foreign policy.

``We talked about the economy for 40 minutes, and not once did Senator McCain talk about the struggles of middle-class families,'' Obama told the 20,000 person crowd at an outdoor rally. ``Senator McCain just doesn't get it.''

Obama delivered largely the same speech this evening in Fredericksburg, Virginia where, alongside Biden, the Illinois senator spoke for 27 minutes in the pouring rain, only stopping for a moment to roll up his sleeves and take off his suit jacket as the rains increased.

Quick on his feet, Obama incorporated a number of weather puns and metaphors into the economic stump speech he's been delivering this week. He acknowledged the rain even as the seemingly oblivious and captivated 26,000 drenched students and locals at the University of Mary Washington stayed and cheered through the remarks.

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