Clinton, making her case that she is the Democrats’ best chance to beat Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) this fall, said, “Sen. Obama is a good man. He’s a very talented and very gifted man. But his comments were elitist and divisive. The Democratic Party has been unfortunately viewed by many people over the last decades as being elitists and out of touch. I mean we have waged elections over that. You don’t have to think back too far to remember that good men running for president were viewed as being elitist and out of touch…”

The last two Democratic nominees were Al Gore in 2000 and Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) in 2004. Gore has not endorsed a candidate while Kerry is backing Obama.

In Indiana on Saturday, Obama said, regarding the remarks in question, that he did not “say it as well as I should have,” but did not back away from his contention that voters are bitter.

In an interview with the Winston-Salem Journal, Obama reportedly said, “Obviously, if I worded things in a way that made people offended, I deeply regret that.”

He also strongly disputed claims that he is out of touch, saying, “No, I’m in touch….People are fed up, they’re angry, they’re frustrated, they’re bitter and they want to see a change in Washington. That’s why I’m running for president of the United States of America.”

Clinton, who appeared at the Sunday press conference with Rep. Paul Kanjorksi (D-Pa.), charged that Obama is not owning up to his remarks.