True colors of the Obama campaign…

Back in Dec. or Jan. Obama stated any one making these kind of remarks about a candidate would be fired. Well, Mr. Obama are you true to your words or are they just rhetoric?

Too bad everything she said is true, you just can't say that.

The Obama campaign 'denounced' the comment. But shouldn't they have been stronger? I think the have to 'reject' this kind of rhetoric!

Hehe.

"Obama's campaign quickly denounced that comment."

Yes, but did he denounce AND reject?

It is unacceptable for a campaign staffer to make a comment like this.

However, as an average Joe on the CNN Ticker… I CAN. You can't really argue with the accuracy of the statement, and it's not like Clinton hasn't earned the title.

While Obama has conducted himself with honesty, sincerity, grace and dignity, Clinton has stooped to every dirty, underhanded tactic she could to pull her disasterous candidacy out of the fire and continue her quest for power.

Well, it's succeeded for now, but she can't keep her sinking ship afloat for much longer. Even her own staffers and fellow politicians hate her.

I feel the same way,

What's wrong with calling Hillary a monster? The Clinton Machine is trying to steal the election away from the black voters.

A Scottish newspaper hmmmm? I am sure the Clintons had something to do with it. Like they did with nafta-gate when it was them that said its only talk and not Obama. The way they are running this campaign are like monsters. Stopping at nothing to cheat and win. Typically Clintons. Giving Hillary RODHAM Clinton 4 years in the white house is a continue to George Bush. The way she talks recently I would think she was John McCain's running mate.

There have been a LOT of gaffs by the Obama campaign.
They remind me of a high powered sports car. Very high tech, but then breaks down easily.

Clinton just chugs along……..

Again, I will like to push OBAMA/KENNEDY 08. My point is that Hillary is a MONSTER! Its unpolitical to say this in public, and Obama can't be held responsible for what his supporters say.

Hillary is despicable. She now has republicans voting for her so McCain is elected because shes so divisive. She admitted to being friends with McCain and I wouldn't put it past the Clintons to be working out this deal with McCain and the republicans.

Furthermore, her recent attacks belittling Obama and praising McCain is below any candidate. OMG when will the DNC wake up! They should have stopped this chaos when she used her kitchen sink method. She's making this race now illegitimate. Besides the Republicans, Hillary has elderly women that supported the "burning bra" movement supporting her. The movement that helped destroy conservative homes. She also has uneducated people that don't read the real story and perhaps don't have full story.

I support having a female in office, but NOT Hillary!

OBAMA/Caroline KENNEDY 08!

She IS a monster bent on destroying the Democratic Party.

Win at all costs I guess. Even if it means helping a Republican against the presumtive Democratic nominee.

Poor Obama. Always the victum. Everyone is picking on him. Boo Hoo!!

Well, at least SOMEONE stated the obvious!

Republicans are smart, they dumped Giuliani quick because of his baggage, smart move. Democrats, not so smart, we know Hillary has baggage and she's picking up more baggage on the road to the White House, not so smart. If we lose the White House voters can only blame themselves. Now I see the clear difference between Republicans and Democrats, Republicans have proven to be smarter than Democrats.

She's telling the truth!

Nice one, Professor. Looks like the Obama campaign has some real winners working for them.

Listen, this is the big leagues, and I'm so sick of hearing the Obama camp whine and moan about how harsh their critics have been, or how negative the process is getting. The guy's running for PRESIDENT for cryin' out loud… This isn't two people vying for a promotion at the Gap. So quit complaining or get out of the race!

In December, Obama said he had "been very clear to my campaign. I do not want to see research that is involved in trying to tear people down personally. If I find out that somebody is doing that, they will be fired. And I have been absolutely crystal clear about this, and I have been clear about this for a very long time."

This is why I love Obama…he sticks with his word. He said he wasn't into negative campaigning and he immediately denounced and rejected what someone in his camp said. Hillary does not have the same amount of character and honor because she's so busy campaigning for John McCain these days.

Hillary Clinton is demonstrating the politics of desperation with her negative attacks against Obama! So far he has run a positive campaign and has defended himself against Hillary's chicanery! Go Obama!

Whatever you think about the relative merits of the two candidates, Power's comment is clearly beyond the pall. Clinton dismissed advisors for less than that and I hope Sen Obama takes the same approach to deal with transgressions of this nature.

the true hurts bill and hill will do anything to win. hillary just about endorse sen Mccain over obama. what kind of dem says sen.Mccain would be a better president than any dem but her. the fact she trying to make the case that she is the only choice we have on the dem is wrong. let us not forget she is the one who used back channels to talk to Canda about Nafta. If hill wins Nader has my vote. if obama wins he has my vote. There comes time when dems need to draw line on what a true dem is hillary is a want be dem. she acts more like a republican.

Now now. Monster may be harsh. Perhaps 'vulture' is closer to correct.

Personal view on Clinton aside, in the context that it was said, I don't really see what the uproar is about. Slow news day? Columnists eager to prove they're not being easy on Obama or hard on Clinton?

Obama should apologize for Ohaio too

Unbelievable! This woman is supposedly intelligent and she would allow herself to make such statements? There is no room for such immature name-calling in this campaign. After finally losing a few states, instead of behaving like petulant children, Obama and his camp should clear up some of his recent missteps, instead of lying about them (as in the case of his aide's comment to the Canadian official about NAFTA and Obama's close affiliation with Rezko). This recent comment by his apparently very panicked foreign advisor shows desperation setting in and a willingness to use any sort of language, and any sort of name-calling to deflect well-earned criticism of their candidate.

Great she apologised, but I still beleive Senator Hillary Clinton is a MONSTER. She will stoop to anything to get in the white House. And i'm not an Obama supporter nor clinton supporter.

She should be fired….period. I'm sick of the Obama campaign getting away with whatever they want to say about Hillary. Obama calls her polarizing and devisive and gets away with it…those are PERSONAL attacks. They don't belong in the campaign. Hillary or her campaign say one negative thing and either she is told to drop out or fire her advisor. It's getting ridiculous. This guy is getting away with everything and just because he's black people are afraid to admit it. And one last thing before the freaky Obama fans chime in, Hillary's campaign did not say Obama was like Ken Starr but that his CAMPAIGN was like Ken Starr…there's a big difference. I read so many on other websites that she said he was like Starr…that is simply not true.

It will all come out in the wash at the end with Obama.Playing to dirty with Hillary could backfire on him.The super deligates will go for who they believe would make our best Leader.Thats the way it should be. I hope they go to Hillary ,for she is the most qualified canadate. Obama speaks he's better in Judgment. Well you have to have experience ,and good know how to give good judgement. HRC knows more about our countries problems and has good solutions to solve them. Obama needs to train eight more years before hes ready.I dont think America wants an on the job training leader in the hands of our country. Uniting America's people dont make him anymore qualified.Hitler also was good at uniting his people,you see what that did. concerned vet.

Im glad to know that they are at least feeling the same way I do about her and her tactics. I understand Obama's need to have his campaign staff stay above her 'moster-ish' antics and also know that their negative comments (the few that there are publicly said of her) will be seen as GIGANTIC compared to her campaign's nurmerous negative tactics and lies against Senator Obama. The only comfort I have is knowing that the truth is going to come back to haunt her and she will have no where to turn and no other lies to come up with.

Obama '08

Excepot that ….she is a monster…and will and has stooped to anything…35 years of public display to verify this remark…there was no apology necessary!!!

hmmmmmm

So much for Obama and his campaign running on a "New Kind of Politics"

Sounds like same Obama and his supporters true colors are coming out. Unless they are winning everything, they get nasty… I feel bad for all those supporters of Obama who have believed in a message that was just words. The campaigns actions are really starting to show!

Vote Hillary '08 — The ONLY candidate that WILL give us positive change!!

Hillary can't manage her campaign, nor the country for that matter. Now she sees merit in destroying her party for the nomination. All the spin in the world can't erase the reality of the delegate math.

"The democrats never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity."

Any action by Obama to fire his advisors that mess up like this to show what an upstanding, clean guy he is???

Didn't think so…. Cronyism in it's many forms is alive and well.
Guess it is Chicago politics as usual, where everyone else is dirty, and bad and mean except for Obama.

What a pack of hypocrites….

Why do you repeatedly print, and thereby magnify, everything Howard Wolfson says?

Is there bias when you make his statement the basis of articles and headlines?

The lady is right!!!

I have no respect for the Obama team. They have no clue on Foreign Policy. I trust Hillary!

Hillary 08

So much for "hope and change" and being a "new politician"….what a JOKE. He's made his whole campaign strategy null and void.

And before you Obama people start saying "Clinton went negative too", you're right she did. The difference is she never claimed to be a saint and above it all. She had the experience to know how naive that was. To succeed in politics you have to be a fighter and willing to stand up and dust yourself off after a defeat….to keep your strategy no matter what. Clinton has proven over and over again she can do that - even when being unfairly targeted or hammered in a debate. Will this "monster" comment hurt her? No way. Will it hurt Obama? Yes, only because it's further proof he's NOT WHAT HE CLAIMED TO BE. I wonder what else he's lying about?

Unfortunately for both candidates, it is impossible to control what comes out of other people's mouth's. However, it is possible and relevant to the campaign what comes out of the candidate's mouth's. That is what we should be paying attention to!

Ron Paul is still in the race. I'd appreciate it if you would stop giving out false information. Do some research before you have the talking heads spurt out blatant lies on television!

those remarks are in poor taste.
i would prefer barack remain on the high road .the fact that all the remarks are true are besides the point .
barack can speak for him self .
we are not stupid .the world see's HRC's slime bucket tactic's .

peace

She is a monster who will do and say anything to get elected. If she steals the nomination, the only history she'll make is the second Democrat to be swept by a Republican President like Reagan swept Carter in 1980.

So what! What about reporting on NAFTA? Turns out it was the Clinton campaign that really gave a wink for Canada not to worry. The Canadian government has launched an investigation to find out why it was leaked that the Obama campaign contacted the goverment official instead of the TRUTHfully saying the Clinton campaign contacted Canada!

The Obama aide was simply telling it like it is. Hillary is only telling people what they want to hear so she can get elected. I don't know why all Clinton backers can't see that Hillary only got to where she is today by riding the coattails of her husband. She doesn't have all this "vast experience" that she claims. Plus, she is flat out rude, mocking Obama at every chance she gets like when she mocked his speeches by saying, "the clouds are going to suddenly open and change is going to happen", or stealing his "yes we can" phrase and changing it to "yes we will" in her speech. She's a ruthless monster.

Obama claims he is ready to hit the ground running on day one yet he cant even control what his advisors are saying behind his back. First the NAFTA issue and now this. Obama needs to take control of his people.

Hillary '08

She is a monster.

Maybe she should have chosen for Hillary the term Larry David called her today: "SYBIL."

If it is true that the clintons are not monsters, how come they have 2 heads in hillary and "i never had sex with that little girl" billy. Am i the only one who remembers that billy ball lied under oath—doesn't that make him a monster. if you doubt this look up monster in webster. all the scandals and "not a monster". able to loan their campaign $5,000,000 that was saved up on a salary??? good financial planner someplace.

Senator Obama doesn't want to go negative like the Clinton campaign is more than will to. But that does not mean the media should not report on happenings like Rezko, "I haven't been really proud", and the Canadian NAFTA ordeal that turned out to be falsely focused on Obama rather than Clinton costing Obama votes in Ohio, Texas, Vermont, and Rhode Island. So where is the coverage of the Peter Paul election fraud case being successfully delayed until November after the elections wil be over. This a media responsibility to put it out there.

Look it up, PETERPAUL.COM. If the media won't report on it do your own research. This is just one of many cases the media should be reporting but chooses not to for whatever reasons. Clinton is a monster and is more than will to throw the kichen sink with the garbage disposal fully functioning.

All of a sudden the Obama camp is having to retract just about everything they say; and the explanation always is that the coments were not approved by Obama. I seem to recall a lot of posts on CNN from Obama supporters earlier in the campaign to the effect of "if Clinton can't control her advisers, how can she be President?" Maybe now the Obama camp and supporters will retract those comments too?

Samantha Powers sounds like the moron she is. Was she hired at Harvard to fill a quota? Undoubtedly.

OBAMA is NOT DIVISIVE? BS. I have heard from state after state about how well trained supporters from CAMP OBAMA are so arrogant. It is modeled from OBAMA, he is ARROGANT. When is the media going to stop painting him as a saint or should I say pimping him out.

HE IS AN ARROGANT PUPPET.

Inexcusable as the comments made by Powers are, they actualy go down to the heart of what most Democratic party supporters are feeling at the moment.
HRC is running such a negative campaign that we have to be concerned about whether or not this kind of person is whom we want to represent our country and furthermore what damage is she doing to the party in terms of the final face off against the Republicans.

How is Obama gonna unite the country if his people can even get along with a fellow democrat.

Comon guys! Wise up!

This is the time that Obama needs to show that he can use is authority and fire her… that will show people that more than ever that he has judgment and isn't afraid to act when the time is right…

Even though i think Hilary is a monster…

Amazing. Now people have to apologize for telling the truth. Political Correctness run wild. This is a political campaign, not a high school debate. Critical issues are at stake here. If you think that rabid partisianship and hard questions are new to American politics, you should go back and read the newspapers from the early 1800's!

Personally I can't stand any of the remaining three candidates. I fear for my country.

Remember that little 'pledge' Obama made at the beginning of the campaign…. if anyone goes negative, they will be fired…. Ha! Ha! Obama hasn't fired one single person for the garbage they have been doing.

Yet another example of how he is just like Bush. Do any sleazy thing you want and you will always have job security with Bush/Obama. Being just like Bush is so new.

So….the Clinton campaign is upset that people in the Obama camaign are adopting Hilary's tactics???

Do as I say and not as I do I suppose.

I would like to know if Clinton will bring back the things her and her husband stole out of the white house when they left why haven't we heard any more of that subject? Bush did not elaborate on that story he just swepted it under the rug

clinton is pretty low..but leave the name calling for the street gutterers.
Well done Obama for denouncing the name calling.
But I'm not running for president , and Im a white chef, so no one will think twice of me if I say this, ' Hilary , You are a monster!"

Go Hillary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Latest Washington Post poll shows Clinton up on McCain by 6%.

Latest Pennsylvania polls show Clinton up 15% on Obama, and that's an increase of about 7 points from the last poll taken.

Latest polls show Obama up by 4 or 5% on Clinton in North Carolina and that's about 10 points tighter than previous polls.

The Clinton campaign is conveniently throwing out these type of distractions to take the news away from their latest blunder. This time it being the Ken Starr reference.

Obama decries such comments on the rare occasion his campaign people make them.

Clinton could never do the same on the many occasions her campaign people made such comments.

One cares more for ethics than scoring points. The other cares more for scoring points than for ethics.

So the great uniter's campaign isn't going to be negative or do politics as it has been done in the past. I guess the change that Obama's camp has brought to politics is going to be name-calling and being sore losers. He instantly went negative after losing Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island. His high-minded policies only last as long as things go his way. If the campaign is this devisive how is he going to change the political scene in Washington. His version of hope is hype.

Chuck Todd is right..both campaigns hate eachother as do supporters of each candiate..McCain will win the general as neither Clintor or Obama suppoters will support their rival."Hillary 08

I CAN believe that she said this. Obama supporters are more negative than any Hillary supporters I have ever met. They think they deserve the nomination. Nobody deserves anything. Let it play out the way it should. No coronations in this country.

But did he REJECT it ? sorry I couldn't resist….go HILLARY

Here's just another example of how phony Obama and his campaign really are. I thought he was about change but when you have attack ads on tv and the radio that's the "same old politics" that he wants to change. Obama is just like any other politician and thats why he wont win the nominee

HILLARY '08!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe Hildebeast is the general term used.

wow………..he is not ready………this reflects on his experience ….he does not have good judgment picking staff members to represent his vision…..two goofs….and he is not even the president yet?

Senator Obama apologized - something the Clinton's should learn to do. Let's move on in a positive manner - Clinton camp stop sending photos of Obama in turbans to the press, questioning his religion, questioning his patriotism.

Question…. If Sen. Obama can't control his own staff now (top foreign policy advisor, and "NAFTA memo maker"), will he be able to handle the job as Commander in Chief? I think not.

The slander being thrown at Hillary will go down in flames as she has the momentum and will continue to the end.The people have rallied behind her.And if she can get to Penn.it will de a done deal and the super delagats should to whats best to end this by supporting her

I am going to predict what is going to happen in this thread. Since their are no comments potested yet you can see how accurate I am.

The Clinton supporters will say this is proof that Obama is desperate and that he is a typical politcian. The Obama supports will turn this into proof that Hillary sucks. In the end we will have the two democratic hopefuls beating each other up to win the nomination that they will most likely lose because teh supporters of whoever isn't at the top of the ticket will most likely be so upset that they will either not vote, or vote for McCain out of spite.

Gratz DNC, way to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

Rather astute observation, really.

I can't wait for the Obama supporters to spin this. This is possitive politics when he has people in his campaign that talk about this.

Funny thing. It is the truth. Billary is a "monster". A two-faced lieing NAFA conspiracy, rule-breaking, dispacble political "monster"
The truth cause offense but it is not a sin. Lies, decits, falsehood. How in all that is goodness and DEMOCRATIC that can we democrats support Billary who LOATHES losing to Barack Obama sooo much the SHE ENDORSED Republican nominee McCain, three timess!! How?

Wonder which Obama she's parroting? Michelle, Barack or both? Politics of hope my rear…

That advisor should be fired immediately. I'm an Obama supporter and I just simply don't like that tone and I thought his campaign was above that. Please remove her from your campaign. It's childish and coming from a professor at Harvard is really disheartening.

I seriously doubt Obama would say or what something like this said in his campaign, not fair to him.

I'm a Hillary supporter. Everyone should go to hillaryclinton.com and barackobama.com and read and view the videos of what real people say about them.

Obama's people have now made gaffs in Canada AND Scotland. He is making us look ridiculous. He is clearly not "in charge." Nothing more than a "speech in a suit" … with overly aggressive "handlers."

At this point, I'm done with quibbling about who is the better democratic hopeful — I just don't want George W McCain as our next president. Go Hillary, Go Obama, Go Whoever. Just one of you please beat McCain.

Since Obama has NO foreign policy experience, is this the kind of person he is relying on?

She is a MONSTER, a fear-war mongering monster. AND I AM NOT APOLOGIZING.

OBAMA '08

My feeling is, Billary is a monster and running a sleeze campaign, unlike Senator McCain, Senator Huckabee, and Senator Obama….I feel Senator Obama has got to get people to see who the Clintons really are….her campaign has thrown out so many false story leads and the press is afraid she will whine again if she doesn't get her way so the press has done her dirty bidding for her…..shameful….I would hate to see she and Bill get anywhere near the White House again…scary.

I support Obama, but I think that he really has a tough challenge of defending himself and making "contrasts" without mud-slinging and turning negative…It's just been way too negative on both sides, and it only hurts us in November.

This primary has gotten frustrating to watch because nothing has been decided and they both look petty.

Can't believe CNN is posting this. This is all part of the OBAMA mania. We are all so tired of the "silly season" of politics.

Why is CNN wasting news space with this garbage? Insults from a behind-the-scenes policy wonk? Gee, alert the media!

It seems like CNN hyperfocuses on the juicy, gossipy bits of political "news" and never touches the really important issue-based stuff….such as the fact that the Canadian government was behind the false "NAFTAGate" accusations against Barack Obama before the Ohio primary.

A foreign government trying to influence the outcome of American elections? Pretty important. Playground insults? Who CARES?

In doing this kind of thing, CNN lowers the level of political discourse and leaves big political decisions in the hands of the knee-jerk, low-information voters who can turn to CNN to get fodder for their low-brow habits, rather than information that might cause them to think more deeply about real issues. It's shameful.

I would have said the same and more..

DECEIPT RULES the CLINTON CAMPAIGN

DECEIPT and MANIPULATION

but .. then, THAT IS THE OLD WAY ..

THE ACCEPTED WAY ..

THE WAY THAT WINS….

no matter what the expense (in lives and souls)

USUALLY ..

it would be so heartening for THAT WAY TO CHANGE

If she can't say it , I will. She is a monster.

Wow… you'd think Obama's staff would be smarter than to say something like that. Again, the inexperience shows!

Hey CNN, can we get some updated National Polls on the main site? I'm curious if anything has changed since February 22!

McCain is looking better and better.

What a mouth on the Obama people. We may all dip into that linguistically now and again, but if you're serious about getting your candidate elected you need to watch what you say at all times.

1 more strike for the Obama camp showing an Obama administration would not be ready!

Hillary 2008!

She is right

Ummm….but its true. She really is a monster, and she has stooped to an all time low. Its just a fact that people are not willing to say. Wait to go growing a spine obama's backer.

Well…

Isn't she?

Well she is a monster. Finally someone called it like it is.

Good for her, at least she apologized, which cannot be said for the Clinton campaign people after lying about NAFTA . BTW why is CNN not reporting about that? So much for being neutral…

This was said to yet another foreign government. What's up with that? Doesn't Obama have control of his people who keep going off to foreign consulates and newspapers to discuss our national matters? Do we really want an overly apologetic President who looks to other governments for approval?

Obama is outstanding and deserves better than Powers. Powers words were childish and mean spirited, and, I imagine, damaging to his campaign.
No one is forced to vote for Clinton or support her. There is simply no justification for such blatantly insulting and cruel comments towards a Senator.

HILLARY IS A MONSTER! Ms.Powers is only stating the facts. Hillary is deceiving voters.

the stories are coming out that it was the Clinton campaign who instigated the entire Nafta-gate affair…….. once more in history, a slick Clinton attempt to gain a win using slimy politics. Lying and corruption is not beyond the scope of this family……… Obama needs to get tough.

Also, when all is said and done and counted in the Texas caucus, it appears that Obama will have won a higher percentage of voters in that state. That would give him more delegates and a right to proclaim that Texas is a win for HIM. But, just watch the whining that will go on in the Clinton camp if that happens !!!!!

This is the second advisor of Obama's group that has shown poor judgement with comments. Does anyone really believe his advisor got on a plane to Canada to talk about NAFTA without his knowledge and approval? If he didn't know, that surely indicates he chose an inner circle that goes their own way. Since he lacks so much in experience, can we really trust he will be able to manage and choose an effective team if elected? If this is any indication, it does not appear he "can". Actions will ALWAYS speak louder than WORDS!

People need to research the candidates before making
suck remarks.

If you wonder if Clinton can win, be sure to read
Carl Bernstein's - A Woman in Charge.

Go HILLARY

I agree with powers 100%

Why is this type of thing considered newsworthy? Off-the-record comments, not made by the candidate, immediately retracted - what does this have tyo do with the campaign for president?

Oh wow. This lady needs to be fired. Obama doesn't support this type of negative campaigning and neither do I as one of his supporters. Calling her a monster is not cool. To say she's deceiving voters…no matter how true, is up to the voters to decide. I can't believe one in Obama's camp has stooped to her level. Call it offense, call it whatever, but Obama is perfectly capable of playing offense himself and doesn't need help to go on the attack and can do it in a morally correct manner, unlike Bill and Hillary.

Of course as Obama always says, it was taken out of context. Is that
all they know to do? Lie and smear,call people names. Well what can you expect? They're just doing as Obama does. That's all he knows how to do.He's now having Canadian government lie for him. Kinda makes you wonder what he's PROMISED them, doesn't it
He now has a raido spot in MIssissippi, telling them that Clinton said al lot of bad things about them when she was in Iowa. If that's true, which I doubt, how come nothing has been said by the media? The y every opportunity to bash her.

Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton. Do we really want the same two families running the country for some 30+ years. America wake up!

I think she (SP) was correct the first time….and I can add some other "colorful" adjectives to the mix….starting with, it rhymes with "rich."

HRC disgusts me…

CHANGE?? SILLY SEASON OF POLITICS??

WOW! OBama is certainly understanding the power of the CLINTONS..

Damage control?? He cannot win the big states..He has won Red states that are Anti HIllary!!

GO HILLARY FIGHT!! WE WILL PREVAIL

Is this a meltdown? Obama's campaign leaders/advisors are crumbling after his defeats. How would they withstand the Republican's effective political machinery? They are becoming nasty toward Clinton. These actions are unprofessional.

The were being kind to B I have some choice words to describe Hillary Clinton the Queen of Entitlement but they arent suitable for record (smile).

Guess my vote will be for a "monster".

Nothing on the Canadian newspaper that said the whole NAFTA spiel wasn't Obama but Clinton? MSNBC at least reported it.

People are going to say whatever, I don't blame Clinton for comments her advisors make (especially you, Wolfson…), and I won't blame Obama for comments his advisors make, but as this battle between Hillary and Obama has dragged out I find myself losing confidence in and respect for both candidates.

I don't think I can quite stomach McCain, so I guess I'll be looking closely at who our third party candidates are this year.

monster or republican… which is worst

Silly Season of polticis is upon us…

HIllary Clitnon will win!! Fight Hillary Fight!

I bet the republicans are just sitting back and watching how the democrats self destroy. This is not about Obama or Hillary but about the America we love. If an agreement is not reached SOON between the Obama Camp and the Hillary Camp there is a huge chance we will again loose the election in November and this time leaving millions of new voters disillusioned and disappointed. The first order of business of the next president is to fix this election mess and make some sense out it and bring it back from the dark ages. SOME REAL OVERHAUL!!!

To the Obama and Hillary camp please chill out and help to solve the situation with Michigan and Florida disenfranchised voters because of lousy leadership.

I agree with Mr. Powers’ all those year of experience has made Hillary a political monster. She won’t be answering your calls at 3:am; she will be coming out of your kids closet or under the bed. She’s he character in Monster Incorporated.

It is amazing to see on the blogs today how many Obama supporters are happy about this comment.

If you are an undecided voter, please ask yourself if it is OK to call a wife, mother and a person supported by half the Democratic electorate. Obama had to distance himself from the comment, but we know that Powers is one of the people on the campaign who most accurately represents what Obama thinks. This is the politics of hate, not hope.

Hillary 08

It's sad when you have to apologize for the truth

What's to apologize for ? Powers spoke the truth and the truth hurts. Everyone who knows hillary knows that she is a power-hungry, self-serving ideologue .

I am a registered democrat, who has not decided for whom I will vote. I hope that we are not now getting into the politics of destruction. I like a good and fair debate, however, winning at any cost is a turn off to me and I will most likely vote for the candidate who turns the other cheek and who stays focused on the true issues. The "He Said, She Said" stuff is petty and makes the candidate look like a third grader. I cannot support an adult who acts like a third grader, and trust their judgement in terms of running our country.

what did she say that was not true???

You go Girl!!!!!!!!

She is a monster and it is about time that Barack stop petting a rattle snake…….he will get bitten every time. Hillary is pulling out all the stops with a smile on her face and showing Barack as weak and incapable of strong leadership………If everyone in his campaign and he, himself cannot see that, then I have misplaced my vote. WAKE UP and come out of that reactive stupor. It is unbecoming of the future president of the most powerful nation in this century.

I swear the coverage of this campaign is getting rediculous.

The woman sounds fairly objective

NONE WHATSOEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hillary 2008-2012.That is the plan.

Well, she is a monster.

She did not need to apologize. Hillary is a nothing but a a deceitful, power hungry monster. The whole world is not wrong on deceitful nature of the Clintons. They cost Algore the presidency keep off Algore. Obama 08.

Senator Clinton has been punched so much by the media for so many years that I am sure to be called a monster by someone that no one knows is not going to affect her campaign.

I want Universal Health Care.
I want to feel protected from radical terrorists.
I want a Democrat.

I want a "Woman" like Hillary….That would be the biggest change!

You Go Girl!

This Samantha Powers is a very well educated and did i say she is also a pilitzer prize nominee and a professor at Harvard Kennedy school of government. Well It just shows what kind of people worked under Obama She has all the credential of being a learned woman

It reminds me one day I was watchng Dan Abrams at Msnbc it was a weekend and he has Susan Rice the Foreign Adviser of Obama So Dan said" okay tell me what are the senators qualification in foreign policy." Well he is knowns his foreign policy because he lives in different parts of the world and amomg other things he also have a lot of experience when he took Foreign govt. in College etcc. etc..
Then Dan Abrams said wait a minute would you not get into trouble if you say his experience is he took Foriegn govt as one of his College studies his foreign experience is what he took in College??? I kid you not this happened some weeks before in Feb…… So many tyhings are coming out he even said in his own book that he is a blank screen and he is bound to diappoint many if not all people……

Hillary is our dama forget obama!!

Obama woke up a sleeping giant!

Say goodbye Obama lovers!!

He is done!! Hillary has national support!!

FIGHT HILLARY FIGHT!!

Power's apology came shortly after the The Scotsman newspaper published an article in which she makes the characterization (a comment she immediately tried to retract), and suggested the New York senator is trying to deceive voters.

"She is a monster, too – that is off the record – she is stooping to anything," Power was quoted as saying

Who is this Ms. Power? Too much hatred in your heart. Your candidate is not even a nominee and you say bad words to other people. What more if he becomes the president. You see how arrogant Ms. Power can be.

What a disgrace for Senator Obama! So much for running a different king of campaign; turns out his people are just as nasty, negative and underhanded as the most common slime in Washington. Senator Clinton won Ohio AND Texas AND Rhode Island fair and square, never mind her lifetime of distinguished public service. The Obama camp is quickly being revealed as the duplicitous hate-mongers they really are, with no practical experience and no shame or integrity.

The entire Obama camp and supporters is more interested in name-calling and Hillary bashing, than the issues. They should be out there DOING, for the electorate, like Hillary is: Working to protect voters constitutional rights by restoring voters civil rights and have the CAST ballots count in all states including Mi and Fl. And, being the bigger person by considering a JOINT ticket if the mandate for either is not there. This shows leadership and ability to unify.
Besides, Hill isn't detered by hateful words hurled at her…they are JUST words, after all. She is all about solutions and actions.
The Obama people are more about words- and dicing and nit picking on words and being thrown off and distracted by words- isn't that what started the whole race non-issue?

It is unfortunate that the comment was made, but it is even more unfortunate that the comment is TRUE! Hillary will do anything to keep the Clintons in power.

I wouldn't apologize. The Clinton's embody ALL that is wrong in
politics…….. they will stop at nothing to win, and I mean nothing.
Of course, this is all to the detriment of this fine country and it's
people. There is not a doubt in my mind that Obama will be one
of the BEST presidents ever………. if he's not wrongly derailed by
that MONSTER. Print it!

The fact of the matter is, Obama is beginning to show us that he is a sore loser. Remind you of anybody? Bush. He throws a hissy-fit everytime he does not get his way, then pushes his agenda no matter what the American people say. I would have a whole lot more respect for the media if they continued to report now what Obama truly is hiding, after all, they have been treating him with feathers for months while bashing Hillary. The American public deserve to know the truth even if it send Obama Hussain into a rage. There is something just not right about what's hiding behind that big white smile.

Oh how I wish Obama would shrug and say, "Well, if the shoe fits…"

Of course he won't. But because he's staying above the fray, he's seen as weak. Quite a quandary.

Even when it's true, these kinds of comments are wrong to make, Obama is right to decry them.

That is gracious from Mr. Obama side. In this silly season, people tend to get emotional. Apologizing is the right thing to do.

Go Hillary!

obama people are desperate and mad now. who cares? It just demonstrate they are no education!

2008 Hillary

Obama? Who?

I think that Sen Obama can calm everyone down in his camp. There was problems in Dr. King's camp. Everyone didn't understand the scope of Non-Violence. Ghandi fasted each time that those who supported him forgot the reason for the cause. It is difficult when you are working to change the attitudes and policies that have been at play for 24 years (Bush, Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush).

There is plenty that will come to light and Senator Obama will not be the one to strike the blow, they have done it to themselves. When bad behavior is left unchecked, the child becomes comfortable and may even feel a bit entitled to behave poorly. They may not even undersand why others are wanting the behavior to change.

It is certainly time for a change, and We are the Ones We have been Waiting for!!!!

Obama seems to have no control over the people that work for him now. What about after he becomes President (if he should win) and these sorts of inflammatory comments go international?

There is an article about her in the Arrive magazine this month, available on Amtrak trains. As a Baystater and attorney, I had the impression that she was something of a fraud and closet nutjob after reading the article, and this just reinforces my opinion.

I know someone who was close to Obama and on his campaign when he ran for Senate. Although she is closed-mouth these days (as a good soldier would be), I get the impression she is not impressed by the people that he surrounds himself with, or the fact that he ran for President so soon.

And this is not Hillary loving on my part. I can't stand her and won't vote for her, but I must acknowledge that she is the more qualified Democrat.

Look who's calling the kettle black !

You know this crap of attacking Billary is such a double standard. They can through the kitchen sink at Barack but anything that is said about the Clintons should be all roses that is b -s I will not vote for Hillary or McCain or Bush they all can go straight to hell.

I guess Obama's campaign is not really all about unity and positivity like he says it is. He just doesn;t seem to be all that he is trying to protray.

I think this goes to show how the "Change we can believe in" is just a carefully calculated public stunt of the Obama campaign in order to win the race. Senator Clinton has demonstrated her ability to keep fighting, and if the Obama campaign doesn't like that its because their message is clearly wearing off. Although Senator Obama already denounced the statement, he should remember that his campaign is not a cult of personality, but includes his advisers as well. He should be able to bear responsibility for the selection of people who don't say anything that's on their mind, especially when it comes to foreign policy.

Hillary for President 2008!

Monster….hmmmm. That's putting it a bit mildly isn't it?

so clinton can bash and knock obama all upside the head but as soon as he says one negative thing about her or responds hes in the wrong? please, now you are just trying to use obamas clean style and trade it in with your dirty politics it just doesnt work that way idiot and she is a monster!!!!

Clinton supporters have not descended to hurling insults such as this. The Obama camp has hit a new low. They decry Clinton's campaign for 'negative' tactics, but when they use the same tricks it somehow becomes merely 'aggressive' campaigning. What a load of hypocrites.

Finally Obama's camp appologizes for something.
How sad, he has no foreign experience and his foreign advisor slips up, genis!

Go Hillary 2008

"Monster" comment…it's all true, Hillary Clinton is a monster, a liar and a ruthless individual that will stop at nothing to steal this election. The Clintons' have a history clouded in deceit and I hope people start to wake up!! America these people have done nothing for you! As a college educated hispanic woman, my vote is for Obama!!

Samantha Powers is way out of line with her remarks. If this is the type of top foreign policy advisers Senator Obama has in his employ his idea of proper ,necessary and acceptable credentials for such positions is more than questionable.

Her mother needs to wash her mouth out with soap for starters! And someone needs to offer her a course in ethical and acceptable public speaking and politcal practices! Her language and villanous statements are certainly not in keeping with such high profile positions.

If I was Obama, in the interest of his public image, I would be seriously considering firing her immediately. As her apology after such a vile tirade in public will certainly not restore her public image and will continue to leave his judgement in question.

Truth hurts. Hillary aggrandizing McCain & giving McCain ammunition against Obama makes her a monster in our democratic midst. Yes team Obama needs to stop looking amateurish & get back to calling her on the politics of old.

if Hillary is a monster then Obama is a jerk.

it is over for obama now!! they are out of control because of tusday

These comments shouldn't have been made as Barack is trying so hard to make sure his campaign is clean..however, people will speak their own thoughts and unfortunately Barack has to go around cleaning up after them.
Hillary is a shrew, ruthless, cunning, manipulating and just a cog in the old political machine.. monster no..but she is scary .. hang in Barack her Karma is coing soon!!

I'm not surprised to see Barack Obama discourage such comments. His brand of politics does not involve name-calling or mud-slinging. He is running a campaign we can all be proud of. The truth is, nobody needs to be told that Hillary is a monster. She has done a fine job of making that evident to anyone with their eyes open.

And Obama hasn't fired her yet???? He needs to stop keeping these people, they're making him look inexperienced and foolish.

Is Hillary apologizing to Democrats for openly endorsing John McCain over Obama????

Wow, that was messed up!?! Too be one of his top advisors and a Harvard professor, that was very unprofessional. Poor people? All of the Obama supporters should "reject" and "denounce" (as you always say) those comments!! The people in Ohio are obssessed? That's a really messed up comment to make. The majority of us African-Americans live in poverty. Are we obssessed too? Those comments were really uncalled for.

i'm sure she's been called worse…big deal, CNN you're getting to be like catty women.

It would be really cool for those of us watching from other countries if you could give a brief outline of what comes next in your political process. What is the next big event? What will be decided there? etc.

Many thanks.

It is outrageous for Clintons to compare Obama to Ken Starr. On the other hand, if the Clintons ever get caught in their own scandals (which of course they hide documents) Ken Starr just might look good.

Once again the news is always rallying around Clintons, show cute Chelsea and Bill campaigning…do we care? If you're only talking of Obama campaigning, then only do Hillary. We are not voting for Bill.

What about how the news came out that it was CLINTON campaign who started this Canada fiasco? It was big news until it was proven wrong info but does CNN report that to its fullest? NOOOOOOOO.

News keeps harping on Hillary's BIG 3 WINS. Yeah right, not all the delegates, using scare tactics, and Obama is winning caucuses…but of course the news doesn't want to report that Texas is split between caucus and primary.

We're trying to bring this country to a higher standard and dignity, yet the media and the Clintons are dragging us down AGAIN.

Oh sure, apologize after the fact. It's like a judge instructing the jury to disregard a statement made in court - too late, already in their mind. The fact that one of Obama's top advisors made the comment makes a person wonder if perhaps it is OBAMA'S camp who is now getting desperate - sounds like a little kid name calling.

I guess this butt didn't take a very good look at their leader. There is no one in the country more of a monster than he is .

Samantha Power is a top foreign policy advisor to Senator Obama? No wonder he's not doing so well.

Clearly, Ohio is not the only place where Hillary Clinton can win given the fact that she's taken every major state in the country. These reckless, avusive comments are exactly the type of childish and uninformed messages the Obama camp wants Americans to believe. It is really a shame.

I understand Samantha, its hard to be angry and not be able to vent. I look at Hillary and think 'Ergh' too.

*******GOBAMA '08********

As a lifelong Democrat and daughter of a union organizer, I have to cast a vote that reflects my values. No doubt Sentator Obama is a good person but he is much too inexperienced to be the next President of the United States. If he were a woman, he would never have been taken seriously as a Presidential Candidate. I do believe Senator Clinton is extremely capable, experienced, has demonstrated good judgment over the years and I support her wholeheartedly. I am one of those Democrats in California that Senator Obama should not "depend" on if he wins the nomination. I do not speak alone so Senator Obama DON't count on my vote (or getting California, New York, etal) in the general election. Many of us believe our Country should come before Party Politics.

People get frustrated and vent, unfortunately for the Obama Campaign and Ms. Power she vented with the wrong person, not a smart move. I do think if she said it should be off the record it should have been, reporters would be out of business if they reported every bad thing someone said off the record.

I don't appreciate the Clinton Campaign acting so offended, it is so disingenuous from a campaign that has been per their campaign mgr. "throwing the kitchen sink" at Obama.

I think Bill is the real monster he`s the one running the country with the - - - - - under the desk
If Hillary becomes President wonder who will show up under her desk?
Go Barack
We got your back.

I would not apologize for Rice comment, because it's true. She is a MONSTER, and a REPULSIVE figure.

Obama you are such a gentleman! the voters can see through the chivalry - hillary will do anything to win. I think the American people realize that now - as if we ever had any doubt before.
Why isnt CNN covering more of the Clinton connection to NAFTA-gate? The international media is saying that it was the CLINTON campaign who said that her stance on NAFTA was all rhetoric and politics - and then she flipped the script and inserted Obama's name instead of hers. America has too many serious problems to deal with Clinton and her high school bully antics.

a pity. barack is a sore loser and needs to get a life. HILLARY 08 all the way.
Yes we need a moster, a bit*ch, a fighter, a doer in the white house and not a punk like obama.
Atleast a monster will go out and eat the bad guys alive if they try to attack us and not whine like my spinless obama.
HILLARY 2008

Okay, as a Clinton support, I would just say, back to the issues everyone - Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East peace process, the economy, immigration, education, health care, infrastructure and those other things that matter more than who called the other candidate what.

Peter S.
Georgia

Samantha Powers was right in calling Killery Clinton a monster. Look into her eyes and what do you see, a cold calculating person almost soulless. She is a blank page when you take a good look at her. Freeze a frame or two of her shots and look carefully. There is nothing there but coldness and I thought that Bill Clinton was the monster.

It's going to get worse for Obama as this campaign goes foward; everyone knows every thing about the Clintons. No one knows nothing about Obama. Except the Republicans will make mince meat of him, if he is the nominee.

With all do respect to Senator Obama.But there are some real foul mouth people running his campaign and he needs to clean house

Well she ain't lying! Everytime I see that woman, I wanna dig something in her eye. I will also add that she is a conniving, deceitful, manipulative, tactical, and opportunistic devil! And I DO NOT denounce and reject that statement either!!!

Obviously, the monster qualification is out of place. Really, it is surprising and outrageous the lack of intelligence of a Harvard professor making such statements !!!

BUT IT IS EQUALLY SURPRISING AND OUTRAGEOUS THE WILLINGNESS OF THE MEDIA TO CALL HILLARY A "COME BACK" KID, WHEN THERE IS NO COME BACK AT ALL, BUT A CERTAIN
DEGREE OF DECELARATION OF PROGRESS, OBTAINED BY A DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING, WHICH NOW SHE IS TRYING TO SUPPLEMENT BY ANY TRICK IN THE BOOK, AS THE ABSURD REQUEST OF REVERSE THE RULES IN FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN, TRY TO REVERSE THE VOTERS WILL BY PRESSURING THE SUPERDELEGATES AND BY THROWING VEILED ACCUSATIONS
OF MALFEASANCE, WHILST REFUSING TO DISCLOSE HER TAX
RETURNS 2000-2006, USING AS EXCUSE THE TAX FILING TERM, WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS, AS IT REFERS ONLY TO 2007!

TOM

As an Obama supporter, these comments are very unprofessional and has NO place in politics….I am glad Obama distanced himself from these comments!!!!

none-the-less:

STOP THE HATE, VOTE OBAMA 08!!!!!!!!!

Hillary's a liar. She lied about NAFTA in Ohio, she lies about Obama's record… THIS WILL ALL COME OUT.

Hillary is a dirty liar, a political spinmeister and a power hungry tyrant… I don't know how those things DON'T make her a monster.

Don't fall for her tricks anymore America! Vote for REAL HOPE, vote for REAL CHANGE, vote for BARACK OBAMA for President of the United States of America!

OBAMA '08!!!

What happen to NAFTA investigation. Why haven't it been included with the news stories. And you all was concerned about giving Obama more press time. Oh i'm sorry after all you do pick the president.

She is a monster.

I think this shows how the Obama campaign really is..

IS THIS NOT THE SAME PERSON WHO SAID WE SHOULD NOT FIGHT,HE IS GETTING PRETTY SHADY.
WE NEED CHANGE AND EXPERIENCE
WE WILL TAKE THE DOLLAR, AND THAT'S FOR HILLARY

GO HILLARY '08
AND OBAMA FOR VP

Most watched this week as Hillary Clinton shut down Obama. This has left the Obama campaign in over drive trying to regain its momentum. One minute the Obama is attacking Hillary, the next an apology is issued. This is clear signs of unstable campaign.

In the comining weeks, we should start the hear Obama speaking to fundamental questions such as what specifically does he mean by "Change" and whats his past record of bringing Democrats and Republicans together.

Obama has not stood out as a leader and proven to be led by the clinton campaign. For example, he agrees with Hillary, and he has conformed to going negative. Is this original, or is he watching and learning?

So let me get this straight…. She apologized for speaking the truth???

Hillary Clinton, whether you believe is a monster or not, will lose this nomination. And that makes me happy enough.

The Clintons are stooping to low lows in order to steal this election. There is no debate there. They are willing to rip apart the democratic party and divi