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10:45 AM ET, February 2, 2009

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Wall Street Journal:
Driving Mr. Daschle  —  Tax avoidance and Democratic Party standards.  —  So Tom Daschle, the erstwhile prairie populist and scourge of multiple Presidential nominees, failed to disclose and pay taxes on hundreds of thousands of dollars of income.  He also waited months to pay up and told …
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Washington Post:
Daschle Faces Questions From Senators on Tax Glitch  —  After a quarter-century in Congress, Thomas A. Daschle will return to Capitol Hill today in an unfamiliar role, summoned by former colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee to defend his reputation and his nomination to be secretary …
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Daschle: Mistakes were ‘unintentional’  —  Tom Daschle put his apology for his tax errors in writing, sending a letter Sunday night to Senate Finance Committee chairmen who will help decide his fate.  —  “As you can well imagine, I am deeply embarrassed and disappointed by the errors …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
The Politico:
Is a top Dem stirring Daschle trouble?  —  Tom Daschle will tell his old Senate colleagues Monday that he made an honest mistake when he failed to pay taxes on the use of a limousine and a driver — and that he considered the services to be a gift from an old friend rather than income he had to report to the IRS.
Washington Post:
Daschle Apologizes for Income Tax Errors
Discussion: Associated Press
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Bailouts for Bunglers  —  Question: what happens if you lose vast amounts of other people's money?  Answer: you get a big gift from the federal government — but the president says some very harsh things about you before forking over the cash.  —  Am I being unfair?  I hope so.
Wall Street Journal:
How Government Prolonged the Depression  —  Policies that decreased competition in product and labor markets were especially destructive.  —  The New Deal is widely perceived to have ended the Great Depression, and this has led many to support a “new” New Deal to address the current crisis.
Washington Post:
As Obama Talks Of Bipartisanship, Definitions Vary  —  After a week of legislative successes for President Obama, Republicans seized on one asterisk: his inability to line up support from their ranks.  As he heads into his second full week in office, members of both parties are waiting …
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Bipartisanship at What Price?  —  The coming week will test …
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Politico
James Carville / CNN:
Carville: A history lesson for Rush Limbaugh  —  Editor's Note: James Carville, a Democratic strategist who serves as a political contributor for CNN, was the Clinton-Gore campaign manager in 1992 and political adviser to President Clinton.  He is active in Democratic politics and a party fundraiser.
Discussion: theheretik.us and DownWithTyranny!
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Democrats Set High Goal Of Sweeping Fiscal Reform  —  As Senate Opens Stimulus Debate, Sacrifices Become More Urgent  —  It's the holy grail of Washington politics: a federal budget that generates ample funds through a simpler and fairer tax code, defuses the spending time bomb for health …
Discussion: TigerHawk and The Agonist
Daily Mail:
PETER HITCHENS: We show tolerance to ‘gays’ and get tyranny in return … If I never again had to read or write a word about homosexuals, I would be very happy.  I really don't want to know what other people do in their bedrooms.  But these days they really, really want us all to know.
Discussion: Shakesville and The Other McCain
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Under Obama Is Preparing for Doctrinal Shift in Policies of Bush Years  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department, probably more than any other agency here, is bracing for a broad doctrinal shift in policies from those of the Bush administration, department lawyers and Obama administration officials say.
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Palin pushes for road to Nome  —  PIPE DREAM?  Project would cost $3 million to $4 million a mile.  —  scockerham@adn.com  —  JUNEAU — Boomers talked for decades about building a road to Nome, an epic 500-mile plus project that would run through some of the most remote wilderness of forest, tundra, rivers and valleys in the world.
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
The Senate Carves $90 Million Out of Stimulus For Liberal Activist Group  —  The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights ("LCCR") is a far left interest group.  —  The group opposed conservative judges.  The group agitates for card check.  The group is in favor of the Fairness Doctrine.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Megan McArdle:
Damned if they do, damned if they don't  —  The left is angry at banks for not managing their credit risks well enough, loaning money to people who couldn't pay it back.  The implication is often that this was all some sort of scheme to get working stiffs into debt slavery.
Darren Lenard Hutchinson / DISSENTING JUSTICE:
Major Flip-Flop by Human Rights Watch: Organization Waiting for Obama to Develop Kinder, Gentler Rendition Program  —  I can stomach some political flip-flops.  —  Politicians run with the popular opinion for the most part, but sometimes their positions legitimately change in the face of new factual information.
David McKenzie / CNN:
Charges against George Obama dropped  —  NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — All charges against George Obama, half-brother to U.S. President Barack Obama, have been dropped after his arrest in a drug raid, according to police in Kenya.  —  He was released on Saturday hours later, police added.
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Permanent vs. temporary increases in government spending, a Keynesian approach  —  Let's say government can spend $100 billion today or spend the present expected value of $100 billion, stretched out over time so it is a commitment in perpetuity.  Both spending programs are financed by bonds.
Discussion: Paul Krugman and EconLog
Stephen Rademaker / New York Times:
Talk to Iran.  Then What?  —  THE presidential campaign failed to address the hard choices America must make to contain the Iranian nuclear threat.  By focusing almost exclusively on tactics, the election obscured the questions that really matter: What should the United States demand when it finally talks to Iran?
Discussion: Commentary
Lynn Sweet:
Rahm Emanuel may want to reclaim House seat some day, contender says  —  By Abdon M. Pallasch  —  CHICAGO—Yes, President Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel did express an interest in running for his congressional seat again someday, a candidate for his seat said Sunday.
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
The Dems who bucked Obama  —  Nearly all of the 11 Democrats who voted against the economic stimulus package Wednesday had an incentive other than the plan's hefty price tag: Nine of them hold districts carried by John McCain in 2008.  —  While none cited that fact when explaining …
Sarah McBride / Wall Street Journal:
Sirius Faces Debt Payment in Test of Its Viability  —  Sirius XM Satellite Radio Inc. is facing an important test of its viability this month: how it handles $174.6 million in debt coming due Feb. 17.  —  Questions over how the company can pay it, along with $750 million more in debt due later in the year …
 
 
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Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
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