The Obama campaign continues to agitate against what they see as a double standard over the way they handled Samantha Power's "monster" remark about Hillary Clinton, and the way the Clinton campaign is dealing with Geraldine Ferraro's recent comment that Obama is where he is because of his skin color.

In addition to the conference call Reid reported on earlier, Obama spokesman Bill Burton just released the following statement:

"With Senator Clinton's refusal to denounce or reject Ms. Ferraro, she has once again proven that her campaign gets to live by its own rules and its own double standard, and will only decry offensive comments when it's politically advantageous to Senator Clinton. Her refusal to take responsibility for her own supporter's remarks is exactly the kind of tactic that feeds the American people's cynicism about politics today and it's why Barack Obama's message of change has resonated so strongly in every corner of the country."

Irrespective of the merits of the debate, I'm sure the Clinton folks are reveling in the meta-narrative of this tussle, which has Clinton coming off as strong and Obama looking weak. First Clinton applied pressure, and Obama responded by sacking a close friend and advisor. Now the Obama team is trying to do the same to Clinton but she's holding strong - at least for now - and that makes the Obama team's efforts sound more like whining than a serious power play.