TOM DASCHLE: THE POLITICAL PROBLEM.

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prospect.org - 2/2/2009

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Tom Daschle did not pay more than $128,000 in taxes for the use of a car and driver provided to him by a consulting firm. He paid the back taxes, and nearly $12,000 in interest, last month. Today, Daschle sent a letter to the Finance Committee, which will be considering his nomination. He ...

dcexaminer.com - 2/2/2009

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— dcexaminer.com — Tom Daschle's second act promises to be much tougher Tom Daschle couldn't have received a much warmer welcome from his former Senate colleagues than he... (more) www.dcexaminer.com >> Politics

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Taking Stock Of The Daschle Charges

— tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — 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 ... (more) Taking Stock Of The Daschle Charges

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prospect.org - 2/2/2009

TOM DASCHLE: THE CREDIBILITY PROBLEM.

— prospect.org — As the post below indicates, I'm not convinced that Tom Daschle's future is substantially imperiled by his shoddy tax returns. Nor am I convinced that it should be. Few actually believe that Daschle meant to cheat the government out of a $100,000 in ... (more) TOM DASCHLE: THE CREDIBILITY PROBLEM.

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Matthew Yglesias: The Daschle Problem

Blogometer: 2/2: First Geithner, Now Daschle?

A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days: You Know Who Would Vote Against Tom Daschle's Nomination For HHS Secretary?

RedState: Conservative News and Community: You Know Who Would Vote Against Tom Daschle’s Nomination For HHS Secretary?

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The Daschle Problem
Matthew Yglesias — By Brian Beutler I don’t feel like the top job at the Department of Health and Human Services is such a complicated position that only Tom Daschle can do it, and in that regard, I think it would make some sense for Obama to keep Daschle in the White House and find somebody who isn’t blemished in the ways he is to run the agency. But if I’m reading these two posts by Ezra Klein correctly, then it seems to me that if what you want most from Obama is decent, passable legislation, there’s a reasonable, though not clear-cut, case for Daschle, whereas if what you want most from Obama is a good-faith attempt to rid Washington of ...

2/2: First Geithner, Now Daschle?
Blogometer — February 02, 2009 2/2: First Geithner, Now Daschle? Liberal bloggers were outraged by the news that Barack Obama 's nominee for HHS Sec., ex-Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD), failed to pay more than $128K in taxes. Lefty bloggers are complaining that Daschle "embodies everything that is sleazy, sickly, and soul-less about Washington" and are describing his actions as "impossible to defend." A number of liberal bloggers are calling on Obama to withdraw Daschle's nomination, and some are floating ex-DNC Chair Howard Dean 's name as a potential replacement. However, others argue that Dean would not be an adequate replacement for Daschle, ...

You Know Who Would Vote Against Tom Daschle's Nomination For HHS Secretary?
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — Tom Daschle. That's who . The former Senate Majority Leader has done far more to earn the distrust of the Senate than have his erstwhile victims while Daschle was a Senate floor leader and had the power to order his fellow Democrats to sink the nominations of people he essentially targeted for political purposes. Why his nomination should not similarly sleep with the fishes is beyond me . . . unless we just want to throw consistency completely out the window, of course. Meanwhile, Ezra Klein informs us that because "[t]he Senate knows Tom Daschle. He gets the benefit of the doubt," because "watching his Senate colleagues rally around him actually underscores Daschle's ...

You Know Who Would Vote Against Tom Daschle’s Nomination For HHS Secretary?
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Tom Daschle. That’s who. The former Senate Majority Leader has done far more to earn the distrust of the Senate than have his erstwhile victims while Daschle was a Senate floor leader and had the power to order his fellow Democrats to sink the nominations of people he essentially targeted for political purposes. Why his nomination should not similarly sleep with the fishes is beyond me . . . unless we just want to throw consistency completely out the window, of course. Meanwhile, Ezra Klein informs us that because “[t]he Senate knows Tom Daschle. He gets the benefit of the doubt,” because “watching his Senate colleagues rally ...