One of the reasons why I support Obama is that he is usually right on foreign policy issues. His senior foreign policy advisor is Samantha Power, an incredibly smart Pulitzer Prize Winner and Harvard professor. I like her even more because, like me, she is Irish! She is being tipped to be a possible national security advisor in an Obama administration. She was also recently a guest on the Young Turks.
However, yesterday a Scottish newspaper published an interview with Samantha Power, in which she called Hillary Clinton a "monster":
“She is a monster, too – that is off the record – she is stooping to anything."
She may have thought that she was off the record, but either way, she clearly regrets what she said. She was on Irish radio this morning and explained that she doesn't even believe what she said and that Hillary Clinton has been a role model for her and other women in public service.
Of her comment, she said it was "an off the record stupid remark that I made in the aftermath of the sernior economics advisor to Obama, who I mentioned earlier, being dragged through the mud for comments he didn't make. And I basically lost my temper and said how could she being doing this." She also said that she expects she may be fired later today.
I think it would be terrible if Obama lost such a smart advisor over one unguarded and off the record remark. She had come off a long flight to Ireland and a bad night for Obama in Ohio and Texas. She was angry at how her friend was treated. Should she be fired for an off the record remark like that? I hope not.
If she is fired, or made to resign, then I think this is an example of how a drawn out battle between Clinton and Obama can hurt the Democratic Party in the long run. It would be terrible for the Democratic Party to lose such a respected and intelligent advisor as Samantha Power.