1/ From “Ferraro Is Unapolo­getic for Remarks and Ends Her Role in Clin­ton Campaign” by Joyce Pur­nick in today’s NYT:

Speak­ing from her mid­town Man­hat­tan law office shortly after e-mailing the letter [of res­ig­na­tion from Clinton's finance com­mit­tee], Mrs. Fer­raro, a former vice-​presidential nom­i­nee, said in a char­ac­ter­is­tic rush of words that she stood by her remarks and repeat­edly accused the Obama cam­paign of delib­er­ate distortion.

“If you point to some­thing that deals with race, you are imme­di­ately a racist?” she said over the phone. “Give me a break.”

[...]

Ms. Fer­raro made no apolo­gies. “Am I sorry? No, no, no,” she said. “I am sorry there are people who think I am racist.”

2/ From “Ex-Obama aide explains self after ‘monster’ mistake,” John Marshall’s inter­view with Saman­tha Power in yesterday’s Seat­tle Post-​Intelligencer:

Q: What is the biggest lesson you have learned in the after­math of your con­tro­ver­sial com­ments about Hillary Clinton?

A: Well (pauses)… What is so abhor­rent about my com­ments is not only are they hurt­ful and hate­ful; they don’t reflect my real views of Sen­a­tor Clin­ton. These are not thoughts I had been having alone in my own home, stor­ing up to vent over these 14 months.

I really just had one of those bad moments when you lose your temper and you say some­thing that sticks. It sticks out there as some­thing asso­ci­ated with Sen­a­tor Clin­ton and also with me — all because of me.

What is the lesson? The lesson is that I wish some­body would invent a device that would allow me to go back in time. (Chuck­les). People keep saying to me that the lesson is: Don’t say any­thing off-the-record. But I think the real lesson is don’t say hate­ful and hurt­ful things any­where. I know that sounds too pon­der­ous. You got to keep con­trol of your temper and not let the heat of the campaign…cause those sen­ti­ments to bubble up in you.

(Photo of Geral­dine Fer­raro by Ruth Fremson/New York Times. Photo of Saman­tha Power by Getty Images.)