Creator of anti-Clinton ad on YouTube steps up, quits job at Obama consultant

The mystery creator of the Orwellian YouTube ad against Hillary Rodham Clinton is a Democratic operative who worked for a digital consulting firm with ties to rival Sen. Barack Obama.

Philip de Vellis, a strategist with Blue State Digital, acknowledged in an interview with the Associated Press that he was the creator of the video, which portrayed Clinton as a Big Brother figure and urged support for Obama.

De Vellis, 33, said he resigned from the firm on Wednesday after he learned that he was about to be unmasked by the HuffingtonPost.com., a liberal news and opinion Internet site.