Ferraro quits Clinton post in flap over comments

WASHINGTON (Winston-Salem Journal) - Geraldine Ferraro stepped down yesterday from an honorary post in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign after saying that Barack Obama would not be succeeding in the race for the White House if he were not black.

Ferraro, who was Walter Mondale’s vice-presidential running mate in 1984, notified Clinton by letter that she would no longer serve on Clinton’s finance committee as “Honorary New York Leadership Council Chair.” She wrote that the Obama campaign “is attacking me to hurt you.”

Earlier yesterday, Obama dismissed her remarks as “ridiculous.”

Ferraro is the latest in a series of candidate surrogates whose comments have roiled both presidential campaigns. Last week, Obama adviser Samantha Power resigned after calling Clinton “a monster.”