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Daschle Not the Prescription for Health Care Reform
thedemocraticdaily.com - 11/14/2008
Daschle Not the Prescription for Health Care Reform
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Leaks on the Internet and a New York Times article yesterday report that President-elect Obama is considering former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to be his health care czar. While I have much respect for the contributions of the long time public servant and have no doubt that he has ...

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Upper Left:  Silly season.

TOM DASCHLE: HEALTH CZAR.
prospect.org - 11/19/2008
TOM DASCHLE: HEALTH CZAR.
— prospect.org — CNN is reporting that Tom Daschle will not only be Health and Human Services Secretary, but also health reform czar under the Obama administration. This is huge news, and the clearest evidence yet that Obama means to pursue comprehensive health ... (more) TOM DASCHLE: HEALTH CZAR.

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Daschle to Be Health Secretary
online.wsj.com - 11/19/2008
Daschle to Be Health Secretary
— online.wsj.com — Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle accepted Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. (more) Daschle to Be Health Secretary

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Daschle the choice for Health and Human Services
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008
Daschle the choice for Health and Human Services
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — CHICAGO (CNN) — Three sources close to the transition and in a position to know tell CNN that former Sen. Tom Daschle is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services and the former Senate Majority Leader has ... (more) Daschle the choice for Health and Human Services

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Silly season.
Upper Left — I know we're all a bit giddy with the election results, but some generally sensible folk around the left blogosphere really need to take some deep breaths. In the first of a few examples, Kevin Drum opines... The public face of his economic policy, after all, was almost entirely based on tax cuts, a distinctly conservative notion.Kevin, do you really want to cede that ground? What in the world is illiberal about tax cuts as such? Wouldn't a tax cut that's part of a program to increase the progressivity of the tax code be, well, progressive? Over at Best of the Blogs, Leftcoast is worried about Congressional cooperation... ...

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