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Opinion: Barack Obama advisor quits over ‘inexcusable remarks’

By Scott Martelle
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Samantha Power has just quit her role as a foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama after a dust-up over some of her comments, including calling Hillary Clinton a ‘monster.’ The statement:

“With deep regret, I am resigning from my role as an advisor to the Obama campaign effective today. 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.’

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-- Scott Martelle

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Scott Martelle

Scott Martelle is a former Times staff writer and member of the editorial board. He also is the author of several nonfiction books on such disparate subjects as the Ludlow Massacre and 1913-14 Colorado coalfield war, the history of Detroit, and William Walker, the pre-Civil War American adventurer who for a brief time made himself president of Nicaragua.

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