New York, August 29 : Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s accidental smooch with the wife of his vice-presidential choice Joe Biden has become an Internet sensation.

The footage, downloaded from YouTube by tens of thousands, shows Obama kissing Biden’s wife Jill on the lips as the his own wife was watching from the stands.

"Obama stunned the audience with a buss to Jill Biden," the New York Daily News quoted the Washington Post as writing about the incident.

"The blogs were alive yesterday with speculation that Obama''s on-stage kiss with Jill Biden after her husband''s speech was a little too friendly," London''s Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.

The adult-oriented Web site Frisky, which carried a story on the lip-lock with the headline "The Accidental Mouth Kiss: Haven''t We All Been There?", offered some advice to Obama on how to get past the faux pas.

"Laugh this incident off," the website said.

This is also not the first time the Democratic convention has been marked by a controversial kiss, for Al Gore also kissed Tipper at the 2000 convention. (ANI)