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Article: Obama's Irish aide quits for Clinton monster jibe.
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- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- March 8, 2008
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Obama's Irish aide quits for Clinton monster jibe
A high-flying Irish adviser to US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has been forced into a humiliating climb-down after she branded rival Hillary Clinton a "monster" who would stoop to anything to win the Democratic nomination.
Samantha Power, a Dublin-born, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, yesterday stepped down from her role as Mr Obama's foreign policy adviser after her off-the-record comment made to a Scottish newspaper was made public.
Speaking to a reporter in London earlier this week, Ms Power told the newspaper, "We f****d up in Ohio", referring to Obama's loss to the former first lady in ...