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blogs.abcnews.com - 1/30/2009

Bumps in the Road: Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces Tax Questions Over Car and Driver

— blogs.abcnews.com — ABC News has learned that the nomination of former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-SD, to be... President Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services has hit a traffic snarl on its way through the Senate Finance Committee. The controversy... (more) Bumps in the Road: Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces ...

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blogs.abcnews.com - 1/31/2009

More Daschle Tax Issues

— blogs.abcnews.com — ABC News has obtained the Senate Finance Committee Report on Tom Daschle's nomination to be Secretary of... the Department of Health and Human Services, which indicates that Daschle's tax problems were even more substantial than earlier reported. The ... (more) More Daschle Tax Issues

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online.wsj.com - 1/31/2009

Daschle Paid Back Taxes After Vetting

— online.wsj.com — Getty Images Tom Daschle, right, flanked by his wife Linda Daschle, as he testifies during his Senate... Confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Jan. 8. (more) Daschle Paid Back Taxes After Vetting

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STILL MORE ON TOM DASCHLE’S TAX PROBLEMS IN CONTEXT: “As a life-long politician, Tom Daschle never …
Instapundit — ... STILL MORE ON TOM DASCHLE’S TAX PROBLEMS IN CONTEXT: “As a life-long politician, Tom Daschle never earned much money. But he retired from the Senate, after being defeated for re-election by John Thune, as a multimillionaire. He retired to Georgetown, of course, not to South Dakota. This happens a lot in Washington, and Daschle’s case is pretty typical. His wife Linda is or was a lobbyist, and she was the one who reported the family’s income. . . . Another thing that happens a lot in Washington is that when Democrats get appointed to visible, ...

What will the Bend Over Republicans do with tax cheat Tom Daschle?
Michelle Malkin — ... It’s the bipartisan Washington way. *** John Hinderaker finds a silver lining: “Thee good thing about electing a Democrat as President is that, as he nominates fellow Democrats to senior positions in the Executive Branch, millions of dollars in unpaid tax liabilities come to light and are belatedly paid to the IRS, with interest. It is, perhaps, the most tangible advantage of electing Democrats to office.”

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Memo to John Hinderaker: Abramoff Associate Boulanger Pleads Guilty
Firedoglake — ... Before the wingnuts start screaming about Tom Daschle as a symbol of Corruption, Democrat Style, people like the Powertools better do a through search of their own archives: ...

2/2: First Geithner, Now Daschle?
Blogometer — ... hard. You want the guy who gets the benefit of the doubt. You want the guy they viscerally trust, the guy they believe even when the obvious political move is to discount his testimony. This whole thing speaks rather poorly of Tom Daschle but rather well of his skills for this job." DASCHLE III: Another Tax Cheat In Obama's Cabinet? Conservative bloggers are blasting Daschle for his tax failures: Lefty bloggers are pushing back against the efforts of some righty bloggers (such as Hinderaker ) to portray Daschle's tax failings as a Dem problem: DASCHLE IV: The Ball's In Your ...