Thoughts & Commentary on the Obama Administration

[Lemur]

Hold on! Some partisan hack makes excuses as to why he owes 100,000 when someone else drops out for less than 1,000?

Nah, apparently it isn't working out so well for Daschle either.

Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination on Tuesday as President Obama’s nominee to lead the Health and Human Services Department, a decision that came one day after Mr. Obama declared that he would stand behind Mr. Daschle as problems over unpaid taxes were scrutinized on Capitol Hill. [...]

The decision to withdraw his nomination as a member of the Obama cabinet comes as the White House battled across several fronts on Tuesday with tax problems of the president’s top political appointees. Mr. Daschle had expressed regret for not paying about $140,000 in back taxes, but on Monday vowed to press ahead.