Posted: 03:27 PM ET
Watch part of Sen. Obama's speech Monday.
WASHINGTON (CNN) –- Democrat Barack Obama continued to tweak his explanation of what some in the media are now referring to as "bitter-gate" by saying he now feels his comments have served as a "distraction."
"I regret some of the words I chose," Obama said Monday at The Associated Press annual conference in Washington, D.C., "partly because the way that these remarks have been interpreted have offended some people and partly because they have served as one more distraction from the critical debate that we must have in this election season."
At a closed door fundraiser just over a week ago, the Illinois senator referred to some small-town Pennsylvanians as "bitter" people who "cling to guns and religion."
At the top of his remarks to the crowd, which included a significant number of journalists, Obama made an attempt to turn what he calls his badly-chosen words into a joke.
"I know I kept a lot of you guys busy this weekend with the comments I made last week. Some of you might even be a little bitter about that," he said to soft laughter.
From: CNN Political Producer Chris Welch
Filed under: Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain
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Posted: 03:25 PM ET
Watch the mix up Monday.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – It's an unfortunate verbal stumble that's plagued politicians, pundits and journalists — including CNN — this campaign season: the sound-alike names of the world's most-wanted terrorist and the leading contender for the Democratic nomination.
Monday, the top executive of The Associated Press was the latest to make the slip. Dean Singleton was addressing a question to Sen. Barack Obama about the strategy he might use in a part of the world where many believe Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is still based.
"…Can you imagine shifting a substantial number [of troops] of Afghanistan — a substantial number to Afghanistan where the Taliban has been gaining strength and Obama Bin Laden is still at large?" Singleton asked the Illinois senator at The Associated Press annual meeting.
Obama himself corrected him, to the delight of the crowd. "I think that was Osama Bin Laden," he said.
Singleton apologized for the gaffe, but Obama said the correction was becoming habit by now: "This is part of the exercise I've been going through over the last 15 months — which is why it's pretty impressive I'm still standing here."
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