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article.nationalreview.com - 2/4/2009
Editors: Daschle Goes, Geithner Stays?
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Daschle and Killefer are, rightfully, gone. Obama should make a clean sweep of it and dismiss Geithner.
Op-Ed Columnist: Well, That Certainly Didn’t Take Long
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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Obama On Daschle: "I Messed Up", CBS Evening News: President Takes Responsibility For Cabinet Picks, Explains Content Of Stimulus Package
cbsnews.com - 2/4/2009
Obama On Daschle: "I Messed Up", CBS Evening News: President Takes Responsibility For Cabinet ...
— cbsnews.com — (CBS) President Obama had hoped to focus today on his economic stimulus package Tuesday, and he invited a handful of journalists to the White House to talk about it. But it was all overshadowed by former Sen. Tom Daschle's withdrawing his nomination ... (more) Obama On Daschle: "I Messed Up", CBS Evening News: ...

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blogs.tnr.com - 2/4/2009
How Tom Daschle Happened
— blogs.tnr.com — What happened to Tom Daschle? Why did he screw up like this given his clear ambition of returning to government? My theory: His wife Linda is a  powerful lobbyist in town. And when you live among the city’s top echelon of lobbyists, you become ... (more) How Tom Daschle Happened

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The Corner on National Review Online:  Geithner Should Go Now, Too

Instapundit:  ANOTHER CALL for Geithner to go, too. “Daschle’s offenses, galling as they may be, are exceeded b…

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Geithner Should Go Now, Too
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] Wednesday, February 04, 2009 [image] Geithner Should Go Now, Too [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] Here's our post-Daschle editorial. 02/04 08:25 AM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2009. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us ...

ANOTHER CALL for Geithner to go, too. “Daschle’s offenses, galling as they may be, are exceeded b…
Instapundit — ... ANOTHER CALL for Geithner to go, too. “Daschle’s offenses, galling as they may be, are exceeded by those of Geithner. Indeed, of all the tax transgressions touching Obama’s circle, Geithner’s are the worst.” ...

Should Geithner go, too?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... in appointing tax cheats to high public offices, saying, “I don’t want to send a message to the American people that there are two sets of standards, one for powerful people and one for ordinary folks who are working every day and paying their taxes.”  But doesn’t the continuing presence of Geithner show exactly that double standard? National Review believes it does, and points out that Geithner’s violations were the most egregious of the three — and that having him run the IRS provides a new low in government hypocrisy: Daschle’s negligence was gross, particularly for a ...

Blame The Republicans For Geithner, Not Obama
Riehl World View — ... The editors at NRO are calling for Geithner to go given that his tax evasion was the worst of the lot and he now gets the privilege of overseeing the IRS. h/t ...

Geithner Must Go
Rhymes With Right — If Tom Daschle’s “limousine liberal” venality and Nancy Killefer’s penny-ante tax offenses disqualify them from posts that include spending tax dollars, how can Tim Geithner stay on in a position that includes collecting those tax dollars? Not only did Geithner neglect to pay his taxes, he turned a buck by doing so—accepting payments from his employer for the very purpose of offsetting those taxes. When he took the money, he signed a statement promising to pay the taxes and then ignored his obligations—for years. Protected by a statute of limitations, he did not pay his ...

Why Is Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary?
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] Thursday, February 05, 2009 [image] Why Is Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary? [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] We still wonder . 02/05 09:01 AM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2009. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us

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