John McCain's housing gaffe: Democrats likely to dwell on it

DENVER -- Here's an early taste of a taunt that -- in different forms and phrasing, from speakers of all shapes and sizes -- can be expected to resound constantly at this week's Democratic National Convention.

Various labor groups, a key party constituency, gathered for a large rally Sunday in the convention city and Arlene Holt Baker, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO, wasted little time cutting to the chase.

The Times' Ole Jann was there and reports that Baker opened the proceedings by asking the crowd of about 2,000: “And how many houses do you have?”

“One,” most shouted back, with some even proclaiming, “None.”

“No cheating here," Holt Baker added. "I am going to get back to your staff about that."

And John McCain, in the wake of his now infamous gaffe about the extent of his property holdings, can brace for other Democrats to get back to it again, and again, and again.

-- Don Frederick 

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Comments

[scootmandubious]

I really hope that McCain selects Mitt Romney. After the ungracious, immediate attack ad on Biden (saying an uncomplimentary thing about Obama), can you imagine the trearue trove of material for the ads that would be up about McCain/Romney?

Alas, John McCain is not one to resist a massive influx of money. His first wife could attest to that.

Ouch...low blow. I guess that would be me playing McCain politics.

[Don Conner]

I am disapointed in all who are participating in this "McCain can't remember how many houses he has" snafu. It should be obvious to anyone with even moderate intelligence the reason the question was referred to his staff was because it was an inapropriate question. He was there to talk about what he can do for this country as President, not to brag about his real estate holdings.