Why Daschle Withdrew His Nomination

What a shame. It's a loss for all of America.

Newt Gingrich is probably willing to be the HHS head

Another bad apple. Democrats wants to use your taxes and say as Biden said "its a your patriotic duty to pay taxes" I wander who is the true America now, I guess not the democrats according to Biden. Go Democrats keep make fools of yourself.

Sorry, George, I don't believe you. He dropped out because his brother has brain cancer? He doesn't like being hazed by his Senate Brethren? Please, don't insult my intelligence. Daschle dropped out because there's more dirt under the rug, and not just taxes. Violating federal RICO anti-lobbying laws --- that's a Felony and jail time.

I'll bet there was more to come out.

George

Thanks for the official WH spin. If you were concerned with honesty and perception you should not be doing off the record 6 Am conference calls every day with Gibb and your old Clinton associates from CNN.

Talk about a double standard. You are living one.

Sorry George, I respect your sources and your opinions, but this came from Obama. Daschle is like almost every other Senator, they feel they have a different set of rules and they can stonewall past any indisgression until it goes away. See Chris Dodd and the sweetheart Countrywide loans.

Daschle wanted this post and he knew that with a press that still falls all over itself for the Messiah and backing by the hypocritcal Senate Dems, he would get confirmed. He only cared about this post and his own cause. If he cared one lick about Obama, he would have told him about his tax issue before he was nominated. He purposely did not tell him because he wanted the job.

But Obama realized that he has been losing credibility and he has numerous daggers over his head already. It's only so long before a Clinton contribution eruption occurs, he has enough lobbyists or fringe lobbyists in his administration to make Bush blush and he just had an AG confirmed that has shown in the past that he will ignore what is right when he is told to do so. And he has someone over the IRS who decided he didn't want to pay all of his taxes.

Daschle might have been the straw that could even have MSNBC begin to ask if Obama is really the Messiah or not. I guarantee you that Mr. Unflappable was PO'd when he first found out about Daschle's tax issue. And then the man who promised transparency, decided to stand by his man in public while his Chicago hatchet boy Rahm called Tom and convinced him to withdraw.

Why George, was it not just last night that you predicted that Daschle would be comfirmed! Now you report that he withdrew vouluntarily and was not forced out. Why sould we beleive you on this when you got it so wrong last night? The truth is that with Obama saying that it was not going to be Washington as usual under his administration it was obvious that Daschle had to go and someone gave him a call and told him that he was leaving voluntarily. Thats the way things work in Washington and you know it but you are letting your desire to put a good face on this because of your bias towards Obama interfere with your telling it like it is. Come on you use his brother as an excuse. Obamas grandmother was dying and he did not drop out.

Come on George be a journalist and not an aoplogist for politicans!!

I agree with russ 100%. Geroge do you think we are stupid. Oh, now I remembered you are another Deocrat who worked for B.C. and trying to give excuses for Daschle. If he is so distress of his brother's illeness he would withdrawl before all this happened. Sorry George, but I have to say you are another hack.

Here's the simple solution to help keep crooks like this out of the Washington cookie jar: automatic annual tax audits for anyone holding federal level elected office. Presidents, senators, and congressmen. There are fewer than 600 of them. How about if the IRS goes after the big fish for a change, instead of persecuting the small businessman. Obama could spearhead this as a signal he truly wants to drain the swamp of congressional corruption (are you listening, Nancy Pelosi?).

I guess these are the Whitehouse talking points George got on his morning conference call with Emmanuel.

So then...he withdrew not because he thought he had done wrong? Even though what he did was indeed wrong in the eyes of the law?

How heroic.

George, are you a true reporter or a cover-up for the corrupt Democrats?

Mr Stephanopoulos is either being naive (unlikely given his experience) or he is being disingenuous. Either affect his aspirations towards journalistic objectivity and excellence.
It would not be the first time someone withdrew under the tacit orders of their superior.
Is it not more likely that the New York Times as well as other major media outlets informed The President's team of today's editorials? The President then called Mr Daschle and gave him the unenviable choice of falling on his own sword or being ripped to shreds by the dogs of the Senate.
I love the way Mr Daschle describes the affair as a 'distraction' as though it were something trivial. The word 'distraction', which President Obama and many media outlets used during the campaign has taken the place of any sincere admission and contrition over bad judgement.

All gloves are off.

You Repugs can be salivating about your victory in pushing Daschle and Kellifer out.

We are waiting for your turn.

Hypocrite Republicans.

What Daschle and Kellifer are accused of is pitence compared to what Republicans have done to this country.

We shall bury you Repugs in 2010.

I see no difference between the tax cheating Obama appointees and the Wall Street crowd. They are cut from the same cloth of self importance. It makes our new Emperor look like he has no clothes.

George, the main-stream becomes the joke of the town. Why you don't go and ask the hard questions and find out what is the true reason why he is withdrawing? od do you only rely on Mr. Gibbs explanation and take it without even questioning it. What a shame you become a tool to be used by this administration.

George, you are still in bed with the dems. Where is your unbasised reporting? The American (who must pay taxes) were outraged with this situation. You know that wonderful saying what goes around, come around. The elite media will be hurt for being so in love with this adminstration

Hey, They want the rich to pay their fare share. Well, what's stopping you?

No wonder dems like to raise taxes so much. THEY DON'T INTEND TO PAY THEM!! Is there an honest person left in DC? it doesn't seem like it.

Zero has shown his elitist instincts to excuse his cronies from what average Americans are expected to do. Remember how the Obama campaign and the media villified citizen Joe the Plumber for having a $1,000 tax lien, suggesting that somehow he was unqualified to even ask a question? Talk about double standards!

George did you get this insight from your daily morning call with Carville, Begala and EMANUEL???? Good to have such a direct pipeline!!!! (for propaganda)

It would be tough for him to soldier on with a $134,000 oversight after Nancy had to bow out of $250. That would be like the biggest double standard ever.

Millions and millions spent in Iraq is peanut money but thousands dollars Daschle was not able to pay, is massive money!

What kind of compare and contrast is this one?????

"Free Turbo Tax" sponsored link accompanying this piece is kind of funny...didn't Geithner cast some blame their way for his tax woes?