Fired Obama aide a 'rock star'?

The Los Angeles Times describes fired campaign aide Samantha Power:

If Obama has been dubbed the "rock star" candidate, Power might have been his rock star advisor. Born in Ireland and schooled at Yale and Harvard Law, she was founding executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard. The Times of London said she would have fit right in with the Kennedy clan. She once played basketball with actor George Clooney, a fellow Darfur activist.

Well, whoop-de-do! That just cinches it for me, folks. Yale, Harvard, blah, blah, blah. But when somebody's playing basketball with George Clooney -- ooh, superstar!

Frankly, what Power said -- calling Hillary a "monster" -- was a minor gaffe, and Obama should have stood behind her, rather than throwing her under the bus. But after losing Ohio and Texas, the Obama camp's a mite flinchy now.

It was interesting to read Power's bio. She believes "the United States should have done more to stop the devastating killing in Darfur and other places." Ah, so our foreign policy is not aggressive enough? You got to love the way liberals think.

Josh Marshall sees Power's exit as evidence that Hillary's got the decisive edge on Obama:

If boxing is our metaphor she's got him cornered on the ropes on one side of the ring and she's just landing punch after punch. And all he can manage are the defensive moves that her constant attacks dictate.

Hang on, Josh -- just a few days ago, Hillary was on the canvas and the ref was counting to 10. Now, she's the unbeatable world champ? Get grip, son.