NPR: Obama Aide Resigns After Slamming Hillary

Obama Aide Resigns After Slamming Hillary

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Some breaking political news....Samantha Power stepped down as foreign policy adviser to Sen. Barack Obama's campaign after reports got out about an apparent off-the-record comment she made to a British paper...referring to Sen. Hillary Clinton as a "monster." Power made the comment during an interview with The Scotsman while on a recent visit to London.

Power is a former journalist who covered the Balkan war in the 1990s. She founded a human-rights think tank and is a professor at Harvard.

When the Clinton campaign caught wind of the comments, they demanded she be fired from Obama's campaign. In a statement, Power said, "It is wrong for anyone to pursue this campaign in such negative and personal terms. I apologize to Senator Clinton and to Senator Obama, who has made very clear that these kinds of expressions should have no place in American politics."

Obama's campaign says Power's comments did not reflect Obama's views and that they have accepted Power's decision to resign.

Rachel Martin

11:54 AM ET | 03- 7-2008 | permalink

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the ground rules of us politics are so insanely stupid. as usual, matt yglesias has a good take on this.

the one sure way to get canned in our discourse is to be on the wrong end of a kinsley gaffe.

people who speak exclusively in safe platitudes aren't the type i hope to have running things.

congrats to canadian conservatives and scottish journalists for sticking it to mobamamentum.

Sent by matty | 8:42 PM ET | 03-07-2008

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