"Bitter" Goes Wide?

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports Barack Obama's "bitter" comments are now getting play in a Pennsylvania congressional race (as the Clinton campaign helpfully points out). GOP strategist John Brabender is using the comments in a mailer for Matt Shaner a candidate in the state's 5th District. "He called us a bitter people," the text says next to a picture of Obama. "He criticized us for 'clinging' to religion. He criticized us for 'clinging' to guns. Now it's time to send a message to Barack Obama." The mailer continues with a quote from Shaner: "I'm a God fearing, church going, NRA member. And I'm proud of it." Brabender tells the Tribune-Review that Obama's "bitter" statement "is the gift that you can use all year long."