Daschle out!

[kentuck]

He has withdrawn.

[Triana]

1. Source? n/t

[Justpat]

7. On CNN right now. n/t

[kentuck]

8. MSNBC

Norah O'Donnell

[McCamy Taylor]

2. Yes! Is Dean in?

[apnu]

16. We can only dream about that right now.

Still, I second that emotion.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Good. And, Good Riddance.

[Kalyke]

4. Yay!

This was getting to be far too much of a distraction when the middle class need help NOW.

[tekisui]

5. Hell Yeah! Dashcle and Obama did the right thing!

Let's move forward!

[IDemo]

6. Yes, I'm sure I want to recommend this thread

[Canuckistanian]

9. Good n/t

[Ocracoker16]

10. Wonderful news!

[G_j]

11. that is GREAT news! nt

[IDemo]

12. Paging Dr. Dean...

[NightWatcher]

13. we need to get this word out now DEAN DEAN DEAN

[librechik]

21. be sure and address those calls to Rahm Emanuel

he's the guy blocking Howie's participation in the administration.

I guess some guys just can't stand another alpha male in the vicinity.

[NightWatcher]

27. then FUCK RAHM...he understands profanity I hear

[FLAprogressive]

32. Napoleon Complex Rahm can't stand progressives

[KamaAina]

34. ...Dr. Dean to HHS STAT!!

:thumbsup:

[IDemo]

37. What would be the best way of letting Obama know our wishes?

An online petition, maybe?

[annabanana]

14. cable guys making a noose out of Daschle

trying to hang Obama with it...

[G_j]

22. jeez, they suck!

and they keep saying the Rs are winning the stimulus "spin"
Well yea, they are the ones spinning it, duh...

[bigtree]

15. quick, find a republican Senator . . .

[JohnnyBoots]

28. Bill Frist?

[bigtree]

39. Kitty Killer Frist?

[Le Taz Hot]

17. Yessss!!!!!!

Dean BETTER be in!!!!!! What is the best way to lobby for Dean for HHS? We need to do it NOW!

On edit: Contact information for the WH:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

[SmileyRose]

18. What a relief.

[lib2DaBone]

19. The Daschle/Harry Reid school of surrender to Rethugs...

[1776Forever]

20. Thank you to Mr. Daschle - It was the right thing to do - Dean in I hope!

:fistbump:

[Greyskye]

23. delete - double post

[Greyskye]

24. Good. You can't win a race with an anchor tied around your neck.

Or in his case, baggage.

Better luck vetting the next one.

[KoKo]

25. Good.... Daschle's tax problems would have been the News with any Health Care

initiatives he tried to get through Congress. Bad enough to have Geithner in there with his problems as Treasury Secretary but then to have Daschle pushing through a bill when he was essentially a lobbyist making millions by "advising" health insurance and pharma conglomerates plus his little side deal with the car and driver for the Private Equity Fund...was just too much for any one to ever take him seriously.

[marshall]

26. RIP tom

Anxious to see who's up next.

[vssmith]

29. Is he still going to pay the taxes he owes?

[KittyWampus]

31. He already did a while ago. Do you even know WHY he owed taxes?

[vssmith]

42. Car and driver

Did you miss my sarcasm?

[whopis01]

46. Yeah - he owed them because he failed to pay them! (and still has not paid all of it)

He still owes Medicare taxes on it.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/us/politics/03daschle.html?_r=1

[nashville_brook]

30. this is GREAT news!

[FLAprogressive]

33. bye bye Lobbyist Tommy

[OwnedByFerrets]

35. This is great news. Will his nomination be replaced with a lily white

repug now?:sarcasm:

[kaygore]

36. Thank God!

I was shocked at the choice given both his sell-out record as a senator and then his whoring as a lobbyist. I am not surprised that he feels he is above paying his taxes.

[DireStrike]

38. I would be happy, but

We will get someone as useless, or worse than useless, in his place.

Sigh.

[bdamomma]

40. e-mail or call WH for Howard Dean

[spanone]

41. is there any honesty in this fucked up system??? beginning to wonder.

[Mari333]

43. yay!!! nt

[spanone]

44. now he can go back to making a great living in the lobbyist world

[TornadoTN]

45. At least he had the decency to step aside

I was afraid he was going to carry this thing out and see it through to the bitter end. He's bad news for anyone in this country that values healthcare reform.

But of course, he'll go back to lobbying on behalf of the very people that are corrupting the system now and depriving so many of healthcare.