the daschle saga in three acts

Act 1: "Distraction"



LJ, via NQ:

I presume you have heard the news–Tom Daschle dropped out as the prospective nominee for Health and Human Services.

Daschle is a congenial guy. I met him when I was on the Hill testifying on behalf of Valerie Plame. But for the love of god, how can a guy with his background and his experience think he can take in more than $2 million dollars from a lobbying firm and not be considered a lobbyist? Worst of all, not reporting income and not paying taxes.

Act 2: "Apology"



Act 3: "Redemption"



LJ again:

Did you catch Barack telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper, “I screwed up.” Damn, is that refreshing. After eight years of George Bush never admitting to any mistakes (even though they were numerous and glaring) it does appear that President Obama may be serious about this change thing. Now I realize he was drug screaming and kicking to dump Tom Daschle but the point is he did pull the trigger and Daschle is history.

Credits: "Hilarity"



What's with all the Larry Johnson quotes? Well, No Quarter was home to the most heated opposition to the Obama nomination of nearly any serious blog, and if Larry is doling out praise it is not given lightly.