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nytimes.com - 2/4/2009

Op-Ed Columnist: Well, That Certainly Didn’t Take Long

— nytimes.com — It took Tom Daschle’s resignation to shake the president out of his attitude that his charmed circle... doesn’t have to abide by the standards he lectured us about for two years. > (more) Op-Ed Columnist: Well, That Certainly Didn’t Take Long

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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 2/4/2009

Obama: 'I screwed up'

— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro In his interview with NBC's Brian Williams, which will air... this evening on Nightly News, President Obama discussed the withdrawal of Tom Daschle's nomination, the economic stimulus, and the wars ... (more) Obama: 'I screwed up'

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article.nationalreview.com - 2/4/2009

Editors: Daschle Goes, Geithner Stays?

— article.nationalreview.com — Daschle and Killefer are, rightfully, gone. Obama should make a clean sweep of it and dismiss Geithner.... (more) Editors: Daschle Goes, Geithner Stays?

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Oh, the Irony
The Corner on National Review Online — ... . But perhaps the greatest irony is that, whether or not he is confirmed, this should-be-chastening episode will not change Daschle's tune on health care reform one bit. That's because Daschle's idea of health care reform is to give government more power with less accountability . We can begin counting down the days until some left-wing health reformer says, "If the industry's influence is so pervasive that not even Tom Daschle the acknowledged ...

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The Corner on National Review Online — ... Research" (CER). Kyl expressed concern that the research, which is designed to identify the most effective medical practices and eliminate ineffective ones (or, possibly, cost-ineffective ones), could be used to ration health care. He said that Sebelius had not answered clearly in opposition to such rationing in her written responses to the panel's questions. CER is a complicated topic. Cato's Michael Cannon, who supports such research but opposes government funding for it, wrote about it here in January . ...