The brilliant and considerably accomplished Samantha Power recently spoke at the University of Arkansas. We attended her lecture and were impressed. Did you know she's a senior adviser to Sen. Obama? She is! And being such, she is now in trouble for calling Hillary a "monster" in an interview for The Scotsman. Woops! After failing to keep the comment from being printed, Power was forced to apologize: "It is wrong for anyone to pursue this campaign in such negative and personal terms. I apologize to Senator Clinton and to Senator Obama, who has made very clear that these kinds of expressions should have no place in American politics." At least not in front of reporters. [The Scotsman, AP]