List of Barack Obama Presidential Campaign Staff Members, 2008 - Former Members

Former Members

  • Samantha Power, journalist, academic; resigned in April 2008 after calling Hillary Rodham Clinton a "monster."
  • Jim Johnson, tapped by Obama to lead his vice presidential search committee. However, Johnson soon became a source of controversy when it was reported that he had received loans directly from Angelo Mozilo, the CEO of Countrywide Financial, a company implicated in the U.S. subprime mortgage lending crisis., and resigned abruptly on June 11, 2008.

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