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Breaking: Power resigns from Obama campaign
Hot Air ^ | March 07, 2008 | by Ed Morrissey

Posted on 03/07/2008 10:24:08 AM PST by jdm

Retreat! A day after calling Hillary Clinton a “monster”, Samantha Powers has departed from the Barack Obama campaign. The resignation comes after a deluge of criticism aimed at the Obama campaign:

A top senior foreign policy adviser to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, Samantha Power, resigned Friday morning after calling Clinton a “monster” in an interview with a European newspaper.”With deep regret, I am resigning from my role as an advisor the Obama campaign effective today,” said Power in a statement issued by the Obama campaign. “Last Monday, I made inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor, and purpose of the Obama campaign. And I extend my deepest apologies to Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and the remarkable team I have worked with over these long 14 months.”

Power’s statement came scarcely an hour after congressional supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, demanded that Obama fire Power for the remarks.

This won’t look good for Obama. The resignation comes after a demand for Obama to fire Powers by three Democratic Representatives. Hillary Clinton herself had criticized the name-calling, and the campaign suggested it provided more proof that Obama simply isn’t up to a national campaign.

Hillary has Obama clearly on the defensive. A few more weeks of this and Obama may not have many superdelegates left behind him.

UPDATE: Power, not Powers — thanks to our commenters for the correction.


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhussein; hussein; nobama; obama; power; rats; resignation; samanthapower
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Earlier thread here:

Top Obama advisor: Hillary’s a “monster”

1 posted on 03/07/2008 10:24:08 AM PST by jdm
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To: jdm

Just think, that is the first time this story has been posted today???????????


2 posted on 03/07/2008 10:25:11 AM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: jdm
This just in...

Monster Devours Captain Obvious


3 posted on 03/07/2008 10:26:42 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: jdm

Obama has no balls whatsoever.

If he had a set he would have brought up Vince Foster....


4 posted on 03/07/2008 10:27:25 AM PST by misterrob (Obama-Does America Need Another Jimmy Carter?)
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To: jdm

No SEARCH function anymore. Bummer.


5 posted on 03/07/2008 10:28:03 AM PST by RightWhale (Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
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To: jdm

If Hillary wins half the people on Free Republic will be hunted down and fired from their jobs, tax audited, and some thrown in jail. This is the way the Ice Queen and friends operate.


6 posted on 03/07/2008 10:33:04 AM PST by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
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To: jdm

But Samantha said that OFF the record why can’t Obama grow a set and say yeah she was being honest about her thighness.


7 posted on 03/07/2008 10:43:25 AM PST by omega4179 (b.Hussein)
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To: RightWhale; org.whodat

This is not a duplicate. It’s an editorial on the matter by a different author. There’s seems to be some confusion about what constitutes a duplicate post. A duplicate post is the same story by the same author. More than one story about the same topic is allowed.


8 posted on 03/07/2008 10:43:25 AM PST by jdm (Contrary to popular belief, the search function works just fine.)
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To: jdm

I wonder if we can force Michelle Obama to resign from the campaign after her first time in her adult life proud of America remark??

Probably not, just a thought.


9 posted on 03/07/2008 10:43:49 AM PST by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: jdm
No new ground just more gossip!
10 posted on 03/07/2008 10:44:40 AM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: jdm

This woman deserves a Presidential Medal of Freedom.


11 posted on 03/07/2008 10:46:06 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Reeses
If Hillary wins half the people on Free Republic will be hunted down and fired from their jobs, tax audited, and some thrown in jail. This is the way the Ice Queen and friends operate.

Tell you what, it's truly scary, isn't it?

That's why when I post I spoof the IP address of another FReeper, just as a precaution.

Say... you wouldn't mind clicking on this link for me, wouldya?

12 posted on 03/07/2008 10:46:08 AM PST by Nervous Tick (I've decided to vote for John McCain in December. It's the Maverick Thing To Do.)
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To: Reeses
If Hillary wins half the people on Free Republic will be hunted down and fired from their jobs, tax audited, and some thrown in jail. This is the way the Ice Queen and friends operate.

FReepers who voted for Hillary to "keep the Dems fighting" should have their accounts nuked.

13 posted on 03/07/2008 10:47:49 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: jdm

oh taht’s good. she was the one who wanted to send a military force into Israel to impose a solution


14 posted on 03/07/2008 10:56:43 AM PST by ari-freedom (We need more conservatives like Buckley and fewer Coulters)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

that’s an extreme thing to say :)


15 posted on 03/07/2008 10:57:50 AM PST by ari-freedom (We need more conservatives like Buckley and fewer Coulters)
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To: Reeses
If Hillary wins half the people on Free Republic will be hunted down and fired from their jobs, tax audited, and some thrown in jail. This is the way the Ice Queen and friends operate.

You better believe it, there is lots of Hildebeast moles on this board, just check pro Hillary and anti McCain posts, most important LOOK FOR A POSTER RECORD on FR especially THE DATE THEY SINGED UP.

You will find most of those individuals singed up in last 60 days.

16 posted on 03/07/2008 11:00:23 AM PST by Anticommie
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To: jdm

She’s not a monster. She’s a beast or a witch. If she read FR she would have known.


17 posted on 03/07/2008 11:00:38 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
This woman deserves a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

BUMP-TO-THE-TRUTH

18 posted on 03/07/2008 11:00:49 AM PST by PGalt
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To: jdm

Apparently, political intelligence is not required to teach at Harvard.


19 posted on 03/07/2008 11:01:28 AM PST by July 4th
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To: jdm

A day after calling Hillary Clinton a “monster”, Samantha Powers has departed from the Barack Obama campaign. .....

called her a monster?.....Obviously she has not seen the slice and dice job Hitlery gets at Free Republic.


20 posted on 03/07/2008 11:02:46 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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