Not gaffes, actually, as much as a glimpse of the real Obama -- the cynical manipulator.
This is a good example of why he didn't hold any press conferences in the last months of the campaign and why he needed a teleprompter -- to prevent lapses into the normal patois of his everyday associates. No unscripted moments.
We saw the mask slip in the "guns and religion" comments in San Fran, and we saw it in his response to Joe the Plumber. The hapless McCain, the collegial DC hack, backed by the hapless party of beltway hacks, couldn't capitalize because he has swum in the same sea of clever political cynicism for too many years, and has lost the ability (if he ever had it) to interpret the potential impact/significance of those gaffes.
I do hope Obama holds many pressers, followed by many unscripted comments. It will be most instructive for those able to interpret.
Good word. Never saw it before this day.