Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
openleft.com - 1/26/2009
Fill Rahm's House seat with a progressive
—
Want to put a bold progressive in Rahm's House seat in the March 3 special election? Here's what you can do. If you live in DC, join us this Monday evening at Local 16 for a fundraising event for Tom Geoghegan, and meet the candidate himself. There's a high-dollar fundraiser later in the ...
Bumps in the Road: Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces Tax Questions Over Car and Driver
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 ...

1 Comment vote down The Page by Mark Halperin found this 1/30/2009found this
More Daschle Tax Issues
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

1 Comment vote down Ace of Spades HQ found this 1/31/2009found this
The Daschles: feeding at the Beltway trough - Glenn Greenwald
salon.com - 2/2/2009
The Daschles: feeding at the Beltway trough - Glenn Greenwald
— salon.com — (updated below - Update II - Update III) When Barack Obama announced in early December that he... had selected Tom Daschle to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services as well as his "health care policy czar," Rolling Stone 's Matt Taibbi -- who had ... (more) The Daschles: feeding at the Beltway trough - Glenn ...

Comments vote down Stones Cry Out found this 2/2/2009found this

Blog Reactions

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Tom Geoghegan: TONIGHT: Netroots Event in DC!

Comments
Blog Reactions

Tom Geoghegan: TONIGHT: Netroots Event in DC!
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Dear Friends, This is Tom Geoghegan, running in the March 3 special election to replace Rahm Emanuel in the House. I'm in DC today and our campaign is having an event for the Netroots: TONIGHT – 5:45pm to 7:45pm Local 16 - Upstairs private room 1602 U St NW Washington, DC Please stop by – we can talk about how to get the progressive change our country really needs. You can get a ticket here: http://www.actblue.com/page/tomdcevent09?refcode=geoghegan And don't forget to join the Facebook event here: ...

Related Content
Fill Rahm's House seat with a progressive
dailykos.com 1/25/2009 — Want to put a bold progressive in Rahm's House seat in the March 3 special election? Here's what you can do. If you live in DC, join us this Monday evening at Local 16 for a fundraising event for Tom Geoghegan, and meet the candidate himself. ...
Hullabaloo
digbysblog.blogspot.com 1/26/2009 — Sunday, January 25, 2009 Mr Geoghegan Goes To Washington by digby I just got this from Adam Green and I thought I would pass it on to any of you who are in the DC area, or who would like to "virtually" attend by donating to Geoghegan's campaign: Hi, ...
The Early Word on Daschle's Exit
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com 2/4/2009 — First reactions to the withdrawal of Tom Daschle's nomination.
Tom Daschle: Symbol of All That's Wrong in D.C.
powerlineblog.com 2/3/2009 — Tom Daschle is a man of little ability who, as far as history records, has never had a creative or original idea about any public policy issue. Nevertheless, through a combination of assiduous delivery of pork to his constituents, slavish devotion to ...
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 ...
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: Another Ethics Casualty for Obama
pajamasmedia.com 2/4/2009 — More proof that the new president is failing to live up to his sanctimonious campaign rhetoric about "change."
Tom Daschle’s other tax problem
michellemalkin.com 2/3/2009 — Tax evader Tom Daschle is a serial dodger. [...] Read the rest »
Corruption, Democrat Style
powerlineblog.com 1/31/2009 — 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 ...
Help Replace Rahm Emanuel With Tom Geoghegan... For A Better America
downwithtyranny.blogspot.com 1/7/2009 — Yesterday Chicago attorney, activist and author Tom Geoghegan (pronounced gay-gun) announced his intention to run for Congress from IL-05, his home district, a seat being vacated by Rahm Emanuel. When I spoke with him last week he told me he ...
2010: Cornyn's pitch — First Read 1/26/2009
Roll Call curtain raises NRSC Chairman John Cornyn's pitch to some potential 2010 Senate candidates, and why they shouldn't run for U.S. House: "In describing a conversation with Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), whom Cornyn is trying to lure to run for what ...
Clinton to name special envoy on climate change — CNN Political Ticker 1/26/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN ) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will name a former Clinton White House official as her special envoy for climate change, senior State Department officials told CNN on Monday. The appointment of Todd Stern — a partner ...
Reid Aide Making Bid for Top Job At FAA — Wash Post Federal Page 1/26/2009
Long-time Senate aide Robert T. Herbert, in his bid for the top job at the Federal Aviation Administration, appears to be making headway against a rival backed by Washington's labor establishment.
Gillibrand to be sworn in tomorrow — First Read 1/26/2009
From NBC’s Ken Strickland and Mike ViqueiraKirsten Gillibrand, Hillary Clinton's replacement in the U.S. Senate, resigned her House seat this afternoon. At about 2 p.m., the House Clerk read the resignation letter on House floor. Gillibrand ...
Gillibrand sworn in as U.S. senator — CNN Political Ticker 1/27/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — After serving only two years in the House, former Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand was sworn in as the junior senator from New York Tuesday afternoon. Her swearing-in concluded a seemingly chaotic selection process that drew criticism ...