Samantha Power was criticizing the Clinton campaign based on what she heard from the ground in Ohio. What I heard from a friend who spent two weeks out there is that the most common objections he heard to voting for Obama were (i) he’s a Muslim, and (ii) he’s African American (I’m sure this is not the term actually used). Both my friend and Power blamed, I think quite fairly, the Clinton campaign, and its “anything to win” attitude, for helping foment and fan this bigotry. Is “Monster” even close to harsh enough to characterize such conduct by allegedly enlightened people ?