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Adviser Who Insulted Clinton Has Role in Transition
Adviser Who Insulted Clinton Has Role in Transition
Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, November 29, 2008; Page A02
The Associated Press: Obama adviser once critical of Clinton is back
google.com — 17 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) An adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign who was forced to resign... earlier this year after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton a "monster" is now working on the transition team for the agency Clinton is expected ... (more) The Associated Press: Obama adviser once critical of ...
Obama Adviser Who Called Clinton a 'Monster' Returns - FOXNews.com Transition Tracker
foxnews.com — A former adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign who once called Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton a "monster"... is now working on the transition team for the agency that Clinton may lead. State Department officials said Friday that Samantha Power is ... (more) Obama Adviser Who Called Clinton a 'Monster' Returns - ...
Bill Clinton: Obama Administration Role Possible
huffingtonpost.com — WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton says it was hard for his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, to... decide to give up her Senate seat to become secretary of state in the Obama administration. The former president told CNN in an interview ... (more) Bill Clinton: Obama Administration Role Possible
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Samantha Power - Who Called Hillary a Monster - Is Back on the Obama Team
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... Power is listed as a member of PEBO's "agency review team" on national security. The even more interesting wrinkle -- Power is focused on the State Department, which the aforementioned Ms. Clinton will likely soon helm. . A Democratic source says that Power reached out to Clinton after the election to apologize and it was "well received" by the New York senator. Politico: Samantha Power re-joins Obama Washington Post: Adviser Who Insulted Clinton Has Role in Transition Feminist ...

In Which I Am Amused (Part Trois)
RedState: Conservative News and Community This is precious: Samantha Power, the Harvard professor who was forced to resign from Barack Obama's presidential campaign last spring after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster," is now advising the president-elect on transition matters relating to the State Department -- which Clinton is slated to head. Power is listed on Obama's transition Web site as part of the team reviewing national security agencies. Her duties, according to the site, will be to "ensure that senior appointees have the information necessary to complete ...

In Which I Am Amused (Part Trois)
A Chequer-Board of Nights and DaysThis is precious : Samantha Power, the Harvard professor who was forced to resign from Barack Obama's presidential campaign last spring after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster," is now advising the president-elect on transition matters relating to the State Department -- which Clinton is slated to head. Power is listed on Obama's transition Web site as part of the team reviewing national security agencies. Her duties, according to the site, will be to "ensure that senior appointees have the information necessary to complete the confirmation process, lead their ...

Samantha Power Returns to Spotlight
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... and WashPost notice the woman who resigned from the Obama camp for calling Clinton "a monster" is advising him on the agency Clinton is set to lead.       ...

They've got the Power
Political Animal — THEY'VE GOT THE POWER.... There was a spate of campaign resignations earlier this year related to controversies over intemperate rhetoric. The most unfortunate of these was the departure of Samantha Power, who had served as a top foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama. I'm delighted to see she will, at a minimum, have a role in the transition . Samantha Power, the Harvard professor who was forced to resign from Barack Obama's presidential campaign last spring after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster," is now advising the president-elect on transition matters ...

The Press Is Bored
Balloon Juice — Not sure what else to say about this: Samantha Power, the Harvard professor who was forced to resign from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign last spring after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton “a monster,” is now advising the president-elect on transition matters relating to the State Department—which Clinton is slated to head. Power is listed on Obama’s transition Web site as part of the team reviewing national security agencies. Her duties, according to the site, will be to “ensure that senior appointees ...

Kumbayah, My Lord
Jules Crittenden — ... Samantha Power is back in. You’ll remember her as the Harvard prof/Obama advisor who called HIllary a “monster,” and now is working on the Obama transition team preparing the way for Hill’s ascendance to State.  Washington Post : Power is listed on ...

Obama Girls
N/A — ... We’re all Obama Girls now. “Samantha Power, the Harvard professor who was forced to resign from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign last spring after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton “a monster,” is now advising the president-elect on transition matters relating to the State Department — which Clinton is slated to head.” ...

Scary Monsters, Super Freaks
Whiskey Fire — ... One "change" that I'd like to see is the end of the idea that grown, intelligent, accomplished women are, deep down, no more mature than junior high school students. ...

Yore Librul Media.....
WTF Is It Now?!? — ....breathlessly informs us about the impending CATFIGHT!!! Samantha Power, the Harvard professor who was forced to resign from Barack Obama's presidential campaign last spring after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster," is now advising the president-elect on transition matters relating to the State Department -- which Clinton is slated to head....In short, she is part of a team that is likely to work directly with Clinton, a potentially awkward situation for the two women.The WaPo birdcage liner just HAS to report the story ...

Samantha Power Rejoins the Obama Team
Moonbattery — ... , the ultra-left screwball who publicly equated waterboarding guys like 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed with genocide? She was considered a key Obama advisor, but got tossed off the campaign team for being conspicuously nuts. Now — with the election safely over — she's back: ...

Monsters of State
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... That may sound like a football team, but it may better describe a State Department headed by Hillary Clinton with Samantha Power working as a liaison to Barack Obama.  According to reports, Obama will announce just that combination today , putting together his chief opponent over the last two years with an adviser who famously described her as a “monster”.  But which of the two present the bigger danger? Samantha Power, the Harvard professor who was forced to resign from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign last spring after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton “a monster,” is ...

Awkward: Hillary’s Liaison To Obama Will Be Woman Who Called Her A Monster
Say Anything — Samantha Power, who was kicked off of Obama’s campaign for calling Hillary a “monster” during the primaries, will now be working as a liaison between the White House and the State Department run by Hillary Clinton. Talk about awkward. Samantha Power, the Harvard professor who was forced to resign from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign last spring after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton “a monster,” is now advising the president-elect on transition matters relating to the State Department — which Clinton ...

Obama Quietly Reinstates Another Fired Adviser
Little Green Footballs — ... Yet another adviser that Barack Obama tossed under the bus during his campaign has been quietly reinstated: Adviser Who Insulted Clinton Has Role in Transition. ...

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