Was Tom Daschle a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services?

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Mel Martinez (R-FL)
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Statement on Withdrawal of HHS Designee
	2/24/2009 2:36:50 PM

Phyllis Schlafly
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. But that doesn't address the ethical problem because Obama was insisting on the Daschle appointment even after Obama knew Daschle had failed to pay all his taxes.
	2/20/2009 2:46:11 PM

Bob Corker
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Corker Says Daschle Did the Right Thing by Withdrawing
	2/20/2009 2:41:26 PM

Tim Johnson (D-SD)
	Tom Daschle was a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. I am looking forward to Senator Daschle becoming the next Secretary of HHS in part because his grasp of rural health issues is second to none
	2/20/2009 2:39:19 PM

Charles Krauthammer
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. But what made this case intolerable were the perfectly legal dealings that amassed Daschle $5.2 million in just two years
	2/20/2009 2:37:43 PM

New York Daily News
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Compliance with the tax laws is a must for high office
	2/20/2009 2:32:30 PM

Michael Goodwin
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Why didn't President Obama tell Tom Daschle and Nancy Killefer to take a hike?
	2/20/2009 2:32:02 PM

Dale McFeatters
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. He was right to withdraw.
	2/20/2009 2:31:32 PM

The Indianapolis Star
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschle isn't indispensable. But he is indefensible.
	2/4/2009 8:03:38 PM

Chicago Tribune
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. "...the president should turn HHS over to someone capable of handling its responsibilities while fostering trust instead of cynicism. Daschle is not that person..."
	2/4/2009 8:03:23 PM

Robert Schlesinger
	Tom Daschle was a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. "...will undoubtedly be a good and conscientious secretary of Health and Human Services, if confirmed."
	2/4/2009 8:03:08 PM

Robert Gibbs
	Tom Daschle was a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. We think he is still the best person to do healthcare reform and shepherd that very complicated process through Congress...
	2/4/2009 8:02:42 PM

Debra Saunders
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. "The careful vetting of would-be officials in Obamadom that you read about in November? Well, for the right people, it turns out to have had a rubber stamp at its bottom."
	2/4/2009 5:47:33 PM

Jim DeMint
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Tom Daschle's tax problems disqualify him for the position of health and human services secretary.
	2/4/2009 5:45:54 PM

Kent Conrad
	Tom Daschle was a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. I don't know of a person more honorable.
	2/4/2009 5:37:03 PM

Rich Lowry
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. "Daschle, the former Senate majority leader, has no management experience to prepare him for running a 60,000-person department..."
	2/4/2009 5:36:44 PM

Greta Van Susteren
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. "We have a healthcare crisis in this country and I like the idea of a 'real doctor' being in charge of HHS"
	2/4/2009 5:27:00 PM

Katrina vanden Heuvel
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. "Obama could begin by asking Daschle to step aside"
	2/4/2009 4:39:17 PM

The Philadelphia Inquirer
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschle's error is too serious to ignore; it should disqualify him from serving in the cabinet.
	2/4/2009 3:47:08 PM

San Francisco Chronicle
	Tom Daschle was not a good choice to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschle, for all of his experience and knowledge of health care, has disqualified himself from this important position.
	2/4/2009 3:46:39 PM