i am so sad over the resignation of this amazing woman from her unpaid position with obama’s campaign. she is responsible for a book that totally changed how i teach history (and maybe life) to my children. she is brilliant beyond understanding, an incredibly gifted writer and has a unique approach to foreign policy that washington desperately needs. i can certainly forgive her offhanded comment that hillary clinton is a “monster,” yet i understand and appreciate obama’s unwavering commitment to stay out of the mud and the mire of such character assassination. however, since samantha power covered in great detail a genocide that occurred on bill’s watch, she could probably have come up with much worse than “monster” to describe such ruthless power mongers (though she is actually quite generous to them in her book). i will certainly remember the term “monster” every time hillary’s voice comes on npr to grate painfully on my nerves. like fingernails on a chalkboard is that woman’s nasal tone. and it has been ever since i heard it as a schoolgirl denouncing school districts in arkansas, on which she left no good mark. always quick to move on to the next step in her political ladder, she left our sad little arkansas school districts much as she found them. i could never have imagined then that she might call for someone as necessary as samantha power to resign from politics. except that i am sure she knows what an incredible loss for obama it is. if only she had hired her first. except that she isn’t/wasn’t for hire. samantha power is far too uncompromising to be campaigning for/with hillary. i can only hope to the stars that obama is also so uncompromising. while my disappointment is great in seeing power step down, it cannot possibly even hold a candle to the despair i would feel should obama choose hillary to run alongside him next fall. every time someone mentions it, i shudder.

and while you may or may not agree with any of my strong opinions, let me assure you that regardless of your political persuasions, you would benefit greatly from reading samantha power’s book. i have two copies if you need to borrow it.