"cling to religion" was particularly unfortunate. Hell, he does that himself. And the remarks in San Francisco--if carefully selected--do give his opponents the opening to brand him "elitist". But it should be obvious to anybody who reads and thinks that he is far from elitist. And after all, we've been assured by Hillary more than once that words mean nothing. Evidently they mean nothing unless it's an opponent's gaffe.

She's certainly right that actions count a lot more. She represented corporate clients for decades. Coming straight out of Harvard Law, he chose to represent voting rights cases, unions, and in general people on the bottom of the economic pile.

That says all we need to know on the elitism charge, and who sticks up for the little guy.