jamesfallows.theatlantic.com — Two years ago, I said I was making an exception to the "no active involvement in politics" stance I had maintained through my previous decades of journalistic life. (After leaving a one-time stint in politics in the Jimmy Carter years.) That exception was to support my friend Jim Webb's ...
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Majikthise —
... -Tom Geoghegan for Congress by James Fallows. -Nate Silver explains why the Democrats won't improve their relative position in the Senate until Franken wins and Illinois seats a senator. IMO, the Dems should just seat Burris and ban him from the Democratic caucus. He'll probably vote with the Democrats anyway. Burris is a rare commodity, a guy we have positive reason to think is non-corrupt. Blago has been under surveillance for years. The reason we think Blago tried to sell the seat is that he was caught on tape discussing how to sell the seat to ...
Tom Geoghegan for Congress
Crooked Timber —
... Which Side Are You On which is a simply wonderful piece of political writing – brilliant, complicated, beautifully written, arguing with itself the whole way through. Now, he’s running for the Democratic nomination in Rahm Emanuel’s old district. I’m usually a bit chary when intellectuals run for office – they (we1) are usually not very good at all at dealing with the day-to-day grind and compromise of politics. But Geoghegan, as James Fallows says is different. ...
Tom Geoghegan: Progressive
Corrente —
... part because of the health and pension costs that the federal
government should have been paying all along.
"For years, the conservatives have said: 'We can’t do this. The
money isn’t there.. Well, the money is there. It was there for the
Iraq war, a colossal waste of money, and for the bailout, the first
half of which has been a colossal waste as well....
Mmmmm. There's plenty more around the web if you're interested. Hubris Sonic James Fallows. Act Blue. What Digby Said. ...
A Dogged Candidate for Congress
Discourse.net —
... An amazing number of folks I read regularly online practically seem prepared to swear that the only reason congressional candidate Tom Geoghengan hasn’t walked on water is that he’s been too busy doing good on land. (For more mainstream adulation, see James Fallows, Tom Geoghegan for Congress.) ...
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ActBlue
www.actblue.com 1/7/2009 — Image of Tom Geoghegan Tom Geoghegan IL-05 ( Map ) Tom is running in the March 3rd special election primary in Illinois’ 5th district to replace Rahm Emanuel – one of the worst influences on Democratic politics in a generation. The idea that a ...
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michellemalkin.com 2/3/2009 — Tax evader Tom Daschle is a serial dodger. [...] Read the rest »
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Tom Daschle, Survivor
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/2/2009 — At the moment, you have to think Tom Daschle is going to pull this out. It's possible that his failure to pay taxes on a limo rides and other benefits he accrued from a New York financier. But several things have turned Daschle's way today.
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At the moment, you have to think Tom Daschle is going to pull this out. It's possible that his failure to pay taxes on a limo rides and other benefits he accrued from a New York financier. But several things have turned Daschle's way today.
First, ...
Q & A On Daschle: Who Knew What And Why That Matters
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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 ...
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Tom Daschle's Forgotten Tax Dodge
legalinsurrection.blogspot.com 2/3/2009 — In the current controversy regarding Tom Daschle's failure to report income (and thereby evade the taxes on that income), Daschle has portrayed himself as the most honest person in America, who always intended to pay all the taxes he owes, and who ...
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York: How Did Daschle Realize He Had a Limo Problem?
article.nationalreview.com 2/3/2009 — Why did Daschle wait? Did he really not know that the car and driver counted as income? Can the accountants version of events shed any more light on the story?
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The Early Word on Daschle's Exit
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com 2/4/2009 — First reactions to the withdrawal of Tom Daschle's nomination.
First reactions to the withdrawal of Tom Daschle's nomination.
Tom Daschle: Symbol of All That's Wrong in D.C.
www.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 ...
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Time heals old political wounds —
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