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politics.theatlantic.com - 2/4/2009
Why Daschle May Have Jumped Too Soon
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Former Sen. Tom Daschle might have survived the maelstrom and survived to take a job at the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services, but history might reflect that the choice, ultimately, was his own.   Aside from running for president, Daschle's decision today ...
Op-Ed Columnist: Well, That Certainly Didn’t Take Long
nytimes.com - 2/4/2009
Op-Ed Columnist: Well, That Certainly Didn’t Take Long
— nytimes.com — It took Tom Daschle’s resignation to shake the president out of his attitude that his charmed circle... doesn’t have to abide by the standards he lectured us about for two years. > (more) Op-Ed Columnist: Well, That Certainly Didn’t Take Long

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article.nationalreview.com - 2/4/2009
Editors: Daschle Goes, Geithner Stays?
— article.nationalreview.com — Daschle and Killefer are, rightfully, gone. Obama should make a clean sweep of it and dismiss Geithner.... (more) Editors: Daschle Goes, Geithner Stays?

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Obama On Daschle: "I Messed Up", CBS Evening News: President Takes Responsibility For Cabinet Picks, Explains Content Of Stimulus Package
cbsnews.com - 2/4/2009
Obama On Daschle: "I Messed Up", CBS Evening News: President Takes Responsibility For Cabinet ...
— cbsnews.com — (CBS) President Obama had hoped to focus today on his economic stimulus package Tuesday, and he invited... a handful of journalists to the White House to talk about it. But it was all overshadowed by former Sen. Tom Daschle's withdrawing his nomination ... (more) Obama On Daschle: "I Messed Up", CBS Evening News: ...

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Letters To The Washingtonians
Jules Crittenden — [image] « Yankee Ingenuity Letters To The Washingtonians The Gospel According to Kos with an epistle  as the Chosen One, verily, might have written it himself to keep his flock from further straying, after Daschle’s regretable Judas-like lack of piety in a matter of 87,000 pieces of silver, or whatever it was. AP Analysis : Great One humbled. Astonishingly mortal. Ambinder: St. Tax Cheat  need not have martyred himself. Dowd : Miracle worker’s only human. OK, latest from the Temple. The Messiah overturns the moneylenders’ ...

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