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A lesson in "ethical lapses"
Daily Kos — From John Cole: ...with the Daschle issue, even though Obama is admitting a mistake, this was not an ethical lapse. Let me be clear. Tom Daschle was never in the administration. He was never confirmed. This was not failing to adhere to ethical standards, this WAS adhering to them. Same with that woman who withdrew her name yesterday for not paying a couple hundred taxes (and the stupidity of that can be covered some other time and place- our tax laws make no damned sense whatsoever). But again- this wasn’t a failure to follow ethical ...

Like deja vu all over again
Political Animal — ... of reaching out to Republicans, making some compromises, but staying firm on the need for a bill that includes public works as well as tax cuts. A Republican Senator, a vocal opponent of the bill, told me the other day: "The guy has really impressed us. We may not vote for the bill, and he may have to learn that you have to give us more than he wants to give us to make us happy, but he's made a really strong start that will work to his benefit down the road." I noticed John Cole had a good item the other day about reports of Obama's presidency "imploding" after two weeks, ...