ABC News reports:

"John McCain's campaign manager said that this election is not going to be about the issues, it's going to be about personalities," Obama said at a town hall meeting aimed at women and economic issues. "That's a quote. He said its not going to be about – it's not going to be about the issues, its going to be about personalities, which probably explains why last night when they were speaking, all these speakers came up – you did not hear a single word about the economy."

"Think about it," Obama continued, standing in the blazing sun at Kent State University's Tuscarawas campus. "Not once did people mention the hardships that folks are going though, not once did they mention what are we going to do about keeping jobs here in Ohio, not once did they mention what are we doing about all these retirees that are losing their pensions, not once did they mention how are we going to make sure Social Security is there for the next generation, not once did they mention how are we going to make college more affordable so that young people aren't taking out 40 or 50 thousand dollars in debt, not once did they mention how are we going to make sure people can stay in their homes."

Obama said, "I guess I don't blame them. Because if you don't have any issues to run on I guess you want it all to be on personality. And if you've got George Bush's track record and John McCain voting 90% of the time in agreement with George Bush then you probably don't want to talk about the issues either."

"I don't know what John McCain's thinking," Obama concluded, "but I'm going to be talking a whole lot about issues....John McCain's campaign manger is wrong, it's not about personality, it's about the issues that you are facing in your day to day lives." ...