washingtonmonthly.com - 2/1/2009
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DASCHLE'S TAX TROUBLES.... Tim Geithner's tax "issues" were relatively minor, and easy to overlook. Tom Daschle's are more problematic. ABC News has learned that the nomination of former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., to be President Obama's secretary of...
online.wsj.com - 1/31/2009
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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.
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Daschle Paid Back Taxes After Vetting
michellemalkin.com - 1/31/2009
powerlineblog.com - 1/31/2009
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powerlineblog.com —
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 ...
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Corruption, Democrat Style
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Memo to John Hinderaker: Abramoff Associate Boulanger Pleads Guilty
Firedoglake —
... I'm not going to defend Daschle on the tax front, no self-respecting liberal would. (See D-Day and Steve Benen.) But Jack Abramoff associate Todd Boulonger just pled guilty, and a lecture on "corruption" from John Hinderaker is about as welcome as a disquisition on birth control from Nadya Suleman.
There are some interesting attempts by younger conservatives to come to grips with how the Republican Party needs to change in order to be viable going forward. When the Heritage Foundation's Ed Feulner tried to run the tired play of ...
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blogs.abcnews.com 1/31/2009 — 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 ...
Q & A On Daschle: Who Knew What And Why That Matters
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 2/2/2009 —
Based on interviews with aides and public documents provided to reporters by the finance committee, here's what is known about former Sen. Tom Daschle, his tax liaibilities, and his disclosures to the friendly White House and to the ...
Tom Daschle's tax fraud
tigerhawk.blogspot.com 1/31/2009 — I'm blogging from the bar at the Lowe's Regency at 61st and Park, very much enjoying myself while waiting for the TH Daughter to emerge from a party up the street. All very slick, nearly as I can tell. The TH Daughter has figured out how to move in ...
On Daschle's Fitness for Office
blogs.tnr.com 2/3/2009 — The smart money says that Tom Daschle’s nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services will go through, partly because his tax errors seem to have been inadvertent and partly because he’s a former Senate leader still held in high esteem by ...
Taking Stock Of The Daschle Charges
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/2/2009 — Tom Daschle's nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services has hit a serious snag, in the wake of a string of revelations mostly related to his payment of taxes on income he received as part of his consulting activities since he left the ...
Why do we need a tax cheat as head of the HHS?
betsyspage.blogspot.com 2/1/2009 — Sure, maybe we needed Geithner at Treasury. Some well-respected people thought he was the perfect nominee and, in a time of crisis, the president needed to have the man he wanted at Treasury. But Tom Daschle? How unique are his skills? As Yuval Levin ...
Democrats line up to support Daschle —
CNN Political Ticker 1/31/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Four prominent Democratic Senators spoke out Saturday in support of former Sen. Tom Daschle, whose tax records have come under scrutiny as he pursues a Cabinet position in the administration of President Barack Obama.
Obama ...
Tax issues shadow Obama health nominee Daschle —
Reuters: Politics 1/31/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice to spearhead U.S. healthcare reform, Tom Daschle, paid more than $100,000 in back taxes for a three-year period, setting up a potential roadblock to his nomination, documents showed on Friday.
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