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huffingtonpost.com - 2/2/2009
Tom Daschle Tax Problem?
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Reminiscent of this past Sunday, when the Washington Post's Bob Woodward prophesied further grief for Obama over his appointees' "nanny or household tax problems" , Tom Daschle is now facing tax questions regarding a borrowed car and driver. Via Jake Tapper : The controversy deals with a ...
Editorial: The Travails of Tom Daschle
nytimes.com - 2/3/2009
Editorial: The Travails of Tom Daschle
— nytimes.com — The nominee for secretary of health and human services ought to withdraw his name and let the president choose a less-blemished successor. > (more) Editorial: The Travails of Tom Daschle

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Previous Tom Daschle Campaign Ad (video)
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Previous Tom Daschle Campaign Ad (video)
— youtube.com — A previous Tom Daschle campaign ad showcased how Daschle drove to work daily for 15 years in an old Pontiac. (more) Previous Tom Daschle Campaign Ad (video)
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Another tax problem?
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 2/3/2009
Another tax problem?
— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From NBC's Lisa Myers, Chuck Todd and Savannah GuthrieNBC News has learned that the president's choice for "chief performance officer" -- technically a deputy OMB director post -- could end up having to withdraw over a number of issues, including tax ... (more) Another tax problem?

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In Speech, Lambrew ‘Aggresively’ Links Health Care Crisis To The Economy
Wonk Room — ... — or the other nay-sayers who may be asking Obama, ‘do you really want to hang your entire first term on risky health reform?’ — and use the presidential bully pulpit to mobilize public support for reform. This is what Obama’s health team seems to be doing. By adopting the econ-health framework, Obama seems to be suggesting that the two issues need to be dealt with simultaneously. Moreover, Obama’s support for Tom Daschle, despite his tax problems, suggests that Obama may be on the reform-now bandwagon for the long haul. ...

The Secret Force Behind Obama Administration Tax Revelations?
Politics Daily — Filed under: Obama AdministrationIt looks like the unusually high occurrence of tax-related snafus that have plagued Obama administration appointees is not just happenstance. According to Politico, one until-now anonymous IRS employee has been responsible for the damaging reports on Tom Daschle, Timothy Geithner, and Ron Kirk. She's a mostly anonymous career bureaucrat, but Mary Baker has been a major player in some the most damaging stories to hit the Obama administration. Sources ...

Alexander Hamilton's Scorn: Reflecting on AIG, Goldman, Hank Paulson and Bob Rubin
The Washington Note — ... York -- the first firm in the new nation whose stock was traded on the New York Stock Exchange. But to avoid the appearance of conflict, Pulitzer Prize winning author Ron Chernow reports that Hamilton -- who was at the time of the Bank of New York's founding in 1784 a private lawyer -- "held in his own name only a single share of the bank that was long to be associated with his memory." Rubin is a mega-share/mega-option guy. Hank Paulson too. And while Tom Daschle and Nancy Killifer have been castigated for errors in tax reporting and ...

Flash of Non-Newsworthy Note: Stimulus Arrives Via Payroll Check
All articles at Blogcritics — ... / Tom Daschle /fill-in-the-blank. If our bureaucrats and elected officials can be tax scofflaws, why can t we? Oh, right. We are people of ethics and integrity. I don t want to get all Anne Coulter-ish especially since I m both an independent and an agnostic, but those dudes have a one-way express ticket to hell while I ll have an angel s escort to the pearly gates. But as usual, I digress. I do the payroll for our business, but on pay weeks I don t pay attention to the specifics. I just want the numbers to balance the first time and go on my merry way. So any change was ...

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