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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (111969)	3/7/2008 1:09:05 PM
From: Kerry Phineas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Anybody got any good longs to hedge my short position. Lets just assume the short position is generic equity and generic REIT.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (111969)	3/7/2008 1:58:06 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Obama just lost any credibility he may have had, imo. Hillary IS a monster that will stoop to anything....well, maybe not anything which is why there is room in oral office for young things working their way up the ladder so to speak. -g- Obama Foreign Policy Adviser Resigns Mar 7 01:28 PM US/Eastern By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A Barack Obama adviser resigned Friday after calling rival Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster." Samantha Power, an unpaid foreign policy adviser and Harvard professor, announced her resignation in a statement provided by the Obama campaign in which she expressed "deep regret." "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," she said. "And I extend my deepest apologies to Senator Clinton, Senator Obama and the remarkable team I have worked with over these long 14 months." Power's interview Monday was published Friday in a Scottish newspaper, even though she tried to keep it from appearing in print. "She is a monster, too—that is off the record—she is stooping to anything," The Scotsman quoted her as saying. As U.S. news media picked up on the remark, Power issued a statement of apology and the campaign said Obama decried the characterization. Shortly before she resigned, the Clinton campaign held a conference call with several of the former first lady's congressional supporters calling for Power to be fired. "Senator Obama has called for change, and a new kind of politics," said New York Rep. Gregory Meeks. "This is the worst kind of politics.