<p>Sen. John McCain has slapped Sen. Barack Obama with the dreaded liberal label — &quot;elitist&quot; — after his comments about Pennsylvania blue-collar voters at a private fund-raiser in San Francisco. Just to make sure you heard about it, most major media outlets used the &quot;e&quot; word in the headline. It’s so eye-catching, we did too!<br />

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Here’s our second installment of &quot;State of Play,&quot; a look at how a top story of the day is playing around the Web and in print:<br />

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<a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/obama-remark-elitist-mccain-says/index.html?hp">Obama Remark ‘Elitist,’ McCain Says </a>(The New York Times)<br />

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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign15apr15,1,7118446.story">Obama retaliates to ‘elitist’ attacks by McCain, Clinton </a>(The Los Angeles Times)<br />

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<a href="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/04/14/mccain_calls_obamas_comments_e.html?hpid=topnews">McCain Calls Obama’s Comments ‘Elitist’ </a>(Washington Post)<br />

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<a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/04/mccain-obama-gu.html">McCain: Obama Guns, Religion Remarks ‘Elitist’ (</a>ABC)<br />

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<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/04/14/politics/fromtheroad/entry4013565.shtml">McCain Calls Obama’s ‘Bitter’ Comments ‘Elitist’ </a>(CBS)<br />

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<a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/14/888165.aspx">McCain: Obama Comments are ‘Elist’</a> (MSNBC)</p>

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