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Peter Baker’s news analysis of the tax payment problems of some Obama nominees is deeply strange. The premise is right—the Democrats look bad after a week of withdrawn or stalled nominees who botched their tax forms. All true. But Baker’s sources are talking nonsense.

That previously mentioned luncheon with Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) went awry when the news broke that former Health and Human Services Secretary-nominee Tom Daschle had withdrawn from consideration. But before that, the congressman was quite revealing while spinning against the Democratic version of the stimulus. Short takes:
• Newt Gingrich spoke at the House Republicans’ retreat [...]

I happened to be at a lunch with Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, when news broke that former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) was withdrawing his nomination for health and human services secretary.
“Just the amount he owed was a rich person’s salary, according to them,” said [...]

Pledging that he “will not be a distraction,” former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination for secretary of health and human services, MSNBC reports.
Following Nancy Killefer’s withdrawal from her chief performance officer post, Daschle is now the second Obama nominee to pull out for tax issues this morning.
Daschle’s decision comes on the [...]

President Obama’s team of advisers, initially touted for its wealth of experience and qualifications, continues to unravel as Nancy Killefer withdraws her nomination for chief performance officer, CNN reports. In this newly created position, Killefer would have worked with the Office of Management and Budget to increase “efficiency, transparency and accountability” in government.
This tax-evasion revelation [...]

As a new administration comes to power, the lobbying landscape is changing in Washington. Politico has compiled a valuable field guide to the lobby shops that are already “Obama-wired” and likely to get the administration’s attention.
One firm to watch is Heather Podesta and Partners, run by the sister-in-law of Obama’s transition team co-chair, John Podesta. [...]

Also addressed during President-elect Barack Obama’s juicy press conference about the Blagojevich scandal was the presser’s stated subject, health care.
Obama officially named former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as his choice for secretary of health and human services and director of the new White House Office of Health Reform. Obama also announced that Jeanne [...]

During a press conference this morning in Chicago, ostensibly to officially name former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as President-elect Barack Obama’s pick for secretary of health and human services and director of the White House office of health reform, Obama found himself talking mostly about the scandal surrounding Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
When [...]

Moments after the Obama-Biden Transition team announced former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) would head a health care policy working group in the new administration, MSNBC reports that Daschle will serve as the next secretary of health and human services.