Last night, Pres. BO told a TV interviewer that we don't have "two sets of rules" in the country about taxes.
When did he figure that one out?
What changed between Monday (I support Daschle) and Tuesday (go away Daschle)?
Nothing changed. The facts are the same.
Public pressure did change. Democrats started to get phone calls.
Unfortunately for Tom Daschle, this is the time of the year when Americans do their taxes.
It's hard for people to understand how a well compensated member of the political class did not get his taxes right!
For Pres BO, this is embarrassing and contradictory.
Wasn't he going to govern differently?
Why was Daschle, an old Washington hand knee deep in lobbyist connections, on his list in the first place?
"Daschle’s offenses were accepting money and services—including a chauffeur-driven Cadillac—without reporting the income to the IRS.
Daschle claimed that this was a series of honest errors, but his story was never credible.
Even a million-dollar-a-year guy should notice an extra check for $83,333—a month’s installment on his consulting contract.
He knew who owned that Cadillac and who paid its driver.
Like Geithner, the former Senate majority leader began making good on his debts when it became clear that Obama’s political rise would present opportunities for his own advancement. "
"His riches illustrate the expanding power of the political class."
Again, when did Pres BO realize that Daschle's tax problem was a non-starter?
What were they thinking in the Obama team? Better than that, was anybody "thinking" at all?
