Comments on: Obama adviser resigns over comment

By: Eva

Eva — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:49:06 +0000

There is a difference in characterizing someone a monster and stating that she will stoop to anything – these are not truth and she has no basis for making those statements. Her goal was clearly to defame Senator Clinton, who has the most positive image abroad.

Characterising Obama as Ken Starr is an accurate characterization. He pushes and pushes so he can detract from himself. Instead of answer the questions voters have about what he means by "change," what is his relationship with Rezko, what really happened in Canada and don't the Rezko and Canada fiascos show poor judgement, he goes on the offensive and attacks Senator Clinton. The reason he lost Ohio and Texas has nothing to do with what Senator Clinton did, but with what he did not do. The minute he takes responsiblities for his losses, the sooner he'll recover. Wha, wha, wha, wha – that's Obama's anthem and that of his supporters who cannot tell you, specifically, why they support him except for some pie in the sky notion that change will just occur and that experience is not necessary to run our country.

By: An Agnostic Democrat

An Agnostic Democrat — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:51 +0000

Gee, I wonder if Penn and Wolfson shouldn't consider the same move.
And while they're at it, take that weasel Lanny Davis with 'em. How can anyone not smell the sleaze and stench in that Clinton campaign? Karl Rove must be in all of their wet dreams or they in his.

By: Interesting

Interesting — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:51 +0000

I'm an Obama supporter, but if he does make a decisive stand soon, he should quit. He is playing into the trap Hillary has set. Before he would call camp Clinton every they played old politics. Now he's letting her control every news day. Hillary lost the elections & can only win thru playing media perception. If he's not smart enough to handle this, then maybe she should be the nominee.
Also, How do we get rid of Howard Dean?

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:43 +0000

She's a monter!

By: LG

LG — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:42 +0000

Well, isn't she a monster? I can't wait til Laura Bush decides to run for President in 2012!

By: Tim, DC

Tim, DC — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:34 +0000

Apparently being a professor at Harvard doesn't mean you are intelligent. C'mon Obama get your mojo back!

By: bernj

bernj — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:34 +0000

While I understand the need for the "resignation" I fully agree with her comments.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:33 +0000

CNN please update the public on NAFTA-gate and the Peter Paul issue.

By: Neutral

Neutral — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:31 +0000

This is all plan by Obama to show how clean he is ....first prompt your people to go negative and than say you regret it...who is hypocrite here....

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:28 +0000

Hillary is pushing the whole country to the back of the bus. Don't let this happen.

By: Indocrat

Indocrat — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:26 +0000

Hey Samantha Power, listen to yourself and look in the mirror, and realize how this is the pot calling the kettle black... even though Senator Clinton may be more of monster...

By: Truthful

Truthful — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:21 +0000

Everything Power said is true and I admire her for saying it. Hillary knows she is going to lose to OBAMA, so she is trying to ensure that McCain wins in Novermber so that she can try again in 2012. She will stoop to any level to get back into the whitehouse and that is the truth and the whole truth. I fail to understand why her supporters can't see that.

By: Holland

Holland — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:20 +0000

In Europe we call this 'keeping up appearances'.

By the way, a monster is not necessarily a negative term, is it?

So the weight of this moderate name-calling lies with the listener.
Apparently Hillary is a bit jumpy and needs all the help (?) she can get.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:17 +0000

it was inexcusable and it is good that she left. I support Hilary and I voted for her but IF she didn't get the nomination then I will still Vote Democrat therefore at the end of this road why divide ourselves that much.....................yes we would all like OUR candidate to Win but only one will stand alone and we must stand behind that person NO MATTER WHO IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sincerely,
TEXAS DEMOCRAT!!!!!!!!

By: LG

LG — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:13 +0000

Well, isn't she a monster? I can't wait til Laura Bush decided to run for President in 2012!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:09 +0000

She should not have resigned! They ARE monsters and know it.

By: Tom Wittmann

Tom Wittmann — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:59 +0000

1) First, this Harvard professor makes publicly such a stupid remark.
There are more polite, certainly not laudatory, names for what
Hillary represents

2) Then OBAMA does the correct by firing (= "resigning") her, not only
because he promised to do so with persons which do so, but
because her lack of intelligence.
I would not beem so polite, a plain firing would have set an
warning for other)

3) To put the point on the "ies", she has the hypocrisy to state that she
admire" Hillary. How a person like this gets a professorship at
Harvard ? Affirmative action ?

4) Both Hillary and Obama compete in hiring the most inadequate
advisers !

TOM

By: goose

goose — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:59 +0000

Well, she is a monster. After all, the boogey man is going to neglect your kid at 3:00AM in the morning. Cmon! Those are monster tactics. I will never support Hillary Clinton.

By: GPG

GPG — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:58 +0000

Funny to see all the Hillarymaniacs out and happy for a change, enjoy it while it lasts. It would be nice as well if you can answer what exactly makes Mrs. Clinton experienced and ready to run this country?

If she was not prepared to run this campaign (she led by over 20 points on all polls as late as November 07) and go beyond Super Tuesday, how will she be ready on day 1?

As far as I can tell, being a lawyer for Wall-mart and an expert on dirty negative politics does not qualify you to lead a nation. She has had every single advantage from the start date to take this nomination easily: name recognition, support of insiders, money from lobbyists, and yet ineptitude has been commander in chief of her campaign.

Among her illustrious supporters we find no other than Mr. Rush Limbaugh, who can sense (as the majority of Republicans can sense now) that her nomination would be the GOP’s best shot and continuing their power grip on American society and politics.

Honestly, how badly do you want to lose to John MaCain? I use to have a high opinion of the Clintons, but it is clear now that they care only about power and self opportunity. If going negative is what it takes to keep them out of the White House, a place they probably believes is theirs by birth right, so be it, enough of this nonsense, asking Power to kick off because the Clinton’s were “offended” is weak, this is not going to help Obama, he is going to be eaten by the Monster.

By: Chief

Chief — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:54 +0000

The belly of the snake always follows the head. Go Hillary, go.

By: Elaine from Oregon

Elaine from Oregon — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:50 +0000

I hope this will open the eyes of the American people to see the level of integrity and professionalism tthat Sen. Obama holds himself and his campaign to. The "other" candidate will allow her communications director to compare her opponent to Kenneth Starr out of desperation and do nothing about it.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:46 +0000

Actions speak louder than words Hillary supporters. Obama didn't have to fire Power because she resigned, get your facts straight. Why doesn't your campaign get rid of Wolfson, he threw some negative name calling at Obama. Oh that's right, Hillary is supposed to be the nominee according the the press and Washington. Good thing there's the internet and people who have a voice.

By: ken

ken — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:44 +0000

Obama is much too good a man to be elected President in this
PATHETIC country that my father and three uncles died for and I
fought for. It was a truly great country then. We vetrans feel the greatest
enemy is with in our country now. A country that chooses liars
and tyrants and cowards to cheat us, steal from us, murder millions
of innocent civilians then tap dance on their memories. We torture
openly, all propaganda is spewed on our young through willing
TV networks and internet. We cannot even bring trators to trial.
The Constitution and rule of Law is made fun of by The famous
AWOL President and Vice President, who has been mysteriously
AWOL for months. Terrorists may be a threat but they are nothing
compared to this REPUBLICAN WAR FOR OIL KILLING MACHINE.

By: ks

ks — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:41 +0000

As usual, the Obama campaign has moved swiftly and used good judgement to solve a problem. Now lets get back to focusing on whom in the Clinton campaign was responsible for NAFTAGate –

CNN, it is your responsibility to dig deeper into the role the Clinton campaign played in talking to the Canadians and then spinning it KiKi style to slander Obama. This tactic allowed them to win Ohio.

They continue to plant un-truths (just prior to each primary) and take no responsibility when the truth comes out.

Do some investigative reporting.

By: Flo

Flo — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:38 +0000

Last night I was watching 360 with Anderson Cooper. One of the commentators made a comment that was very disturbing to me; he said that, the people are not voting for Mr. Obama anymore. My response to him is, yes the people are voting for Mr. Obama, the weather was not on his side. I believe some funny things are taking place in the Clinton campaign, but I know the truth will be revealed. Hillary you will cry like a baby as you always do.

By: James, Houston, TX.

James, Houston, TX. — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:31 +0000

The majority of the $55 million raised by Obama should be declared Illegal ! These monies come from Blacks on Welfare; thus the U.S. Gov. is paying for Obama's Pursuit !

By: David from Texas

David from Texas — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:30 +0000

Maybe this will set a tone for both camps that personal attacks will not be tolerated. After all, we are all Demcrats and will need to be unified against the Republicans in November.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:27 +0000

what in the world was this nitwit woman thinking?

By: Jazz

Jazz — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:26 +0000

It's all in the game called politics. Just as you can't wade in the water without getting wet, you can't play in political mud and with out getting dirty. The same thing happened to Clinton staffers in New Hampshire,
remember? In politics TRUTH is RELATIVE to the one you support.

By: meg

meg — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:22 +0000

that is a road too high that obama is tempting to walk on and if this is a sign for things to come in his government then dare i say, we can believe again!

By: Dennis McKeon Staten Island NY

Dennis McKeon Staten Island NY — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:15 +0000

It amazes me how ANY Democrat can walk the way the keep shooting themselves in the foot. What a bunch of losers.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:15 +0000

Sounds like the EgObama people are saying one thing to some and something else to others. Sounds kinda like the NAFTA/Canada deal.

By: John, Las Vegas, NV

John, Las Vegas, NV — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:09 +0000

Duh! Of course Wolfson won't resign. There is one set of rules for the elite of the Democratic party (e.g. Gore being an energy hog in his home and with his gigantic carbon footprint with his travels), and another set of rules for the rest of us. Figure it out everyone...the Democratic party is the less democratic than the Republican party. The Democrats are getting set to make the whole "hanging chad" issue between Bush and Gore seem like a Sunday tea party compared to the way Clinton is going to subvert the system to her own benefit to get Florida and Michigan counted. OK, kids, now is this all clear? Democratic Elites follow Rule Set A, Everyone Else follow Rule Set B.

By: Benoit

Benoit — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:08 +0000

Hillary Clinton is NOT TRUSTWORTHY and this should be the focus of the attack on her; she is claiming experience as a leader but she is hidding her experience as first lady in the white house by not cooperating in releasing her records; she is campaning as a pro-blue collar while she delaying the release of her tax returns that will show that most of her fortune comes from lobbyists running with her on the campaign trail and while her White House records will show that she was pro-NAFTA until the beginning of this campaign; she is claiming to be a victim while she is the agressor with her campaign of lies, mistatements and fear.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:47:03 +0000

It is time for Obama to step down, it is obvious he is a fad, like the hula hoop.

Hillary Clinton has the expertise, knowledge and intellect to run the USA.

By: murray

murray — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:46:40 +0000

For years Bill Clinton has disrespected and betrayed his wife by his actions. Now we are to believe him when he campaigns for her. Truly his actions have spoken louder than his words.

Doesn't anyone else notice the irony of this?

By: Celia

Celia — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:46:38 +0000

I just heard that the Archivist blocked the release of the Clinton Pardons!

By: Willis

Willis — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:46:34 +0000

SHE SHOULD NOT LEAVE - HILLARY CANNOT RUN HER OWN CAMP!

I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT OBAMA IS LETTING THIS WOMAN GO - HE SHOULD STAND UP FOR HER!

By: Dr.Ismail Elsherif

Dr.Ismail Elsherif — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:46:29 +0000

I think this is a wise decision , because Obama is an honest man and his campaign is built upon respect and honesty.
So we do not want any distraction from our goal to reach the white house.
thanks
Dr.ismail Elsherif

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:46:24 +0000

What's good for the goose should be good for the gander...Hillary, you need to ask Wolfson to resign

By: John

John — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:46:23 +0000

Yesterday Rezko trial opening statement used Sen. Obama name twice.
Rezko trial will bring lot of good stuff for Obama and he will resign.

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:46:21 +0000

She shouldn't resign. If Hillary wanted civility she should've remained civil. That "Monster" comment isn't anywhere near the lies she's thrown at Sen. Obama-but at least the "Monster" comment is accurate. Why did CNN take money from the Clinton campaign and advertise for her campaign? Anyone notice her advertisement on the page? I thought news organizations were suppose to remain impartial? Hmmmm Anyway, if Hillary keeps playing the Republican game she will lose...even if she gets the nomination over Obama, she will lose to Sen. McCain. She knows this...It's all about the game-not the party-or America for that matter. Sad. And I was just becoming interested in politics...

By: Ron, TX

Ron, TX — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:46:21 +0000

Clinton's turn! When is Wolfson going to resign?

Here, you see the biggest distinction between Hillary and Obama.

Obama stands by his principles. Hillary has no principles.

Do you want the next President of the United States to have principles?

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:46:18 +0000

Now Obama should follow her lead and quit that weird church that praises Lois Farakhan. Come on Obama quit that church instead of defending it !

By: pmac

pmac — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:46:09 +0000

I think the lady stated her opinion. Freedom of speech. Others may have the same opinion and just have not stated them.
As for the repubs- – In my opinion they are all morons- – following like sheep to the slaughter. You want four more years of bush? How's your tax cut? Hope it pays for 1 tank of gas! Better brush up on your chinese, they own us.

By: 1st Amendment anyone?

1st Amendment anyone? — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:46:02 +0000

My god people...

..have we become so petty as to have some resign because they said something a 1st grader would say?

Soldiers and Saliors DIED to give us & protect our 1st Amendment. "PC" has run amuck and is disrespecting those service men who died to give us this right.

I'll exercise my 1st Amendment Right – Hillary is a MONSTER

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:45:53 +0000

Monster is too good for her. The C word is the only one that fits.

By: JJ

JJ — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:45:52 +0000

For all those nieve folks out there, in politics "resign" means she got fired. Senator Obama made the right decision.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:45:46 +0000

oh then the want to cry over what Hillarys people said.
They lost last week and ever since then they have cryed over every little thing.Obama needs to grow up and be a man not cry baby.

By: Kathryn Irby - Metairie, LA

Kathryn Irby - Metairie, LA — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:45:44 +0000

What a stupid idiot this woman proved herself to be!! Very unprofessional!!