Barrack Obama gets yet another pass from the DUmmies. Let's consider what they'd be saying if it were president Bush that made a "simple gaffe" like that. 
As I mentioned in another post - The electorate has been trained - verbal gaffes, pregnant pauses and , uhh, um.. filler words = Stupid.
The more Obama talks without a script, the lower he goes. Using euphemisms such as "misspoken" or "thoughtful replies" isn't going to fly.