[QUOTE="effthat"][QUOTE="SEANMCAD"] Everything and I do mean literally everything is a matter of degree. There IS a difference between me forgetting to pay my 401k tax withdraw until two years later (which I did) and never paying taxes and putting EXPLICT lies on a tax form.
Sorry, life has a matter of degrees.
and poltically what the president is doing here is removing people from the list the second its clear its going to turn into an insane 3 month debate over the ethics of not declaring tips when someone was a waiter so that he can find someone else and get down to work. The TRICK here that the rebublicans are not seeing is that ANYONE they suggest into any power that has has ever taken a tip that was not declared is going to be removed from the table becuase they will look silly having a debate about it.
its a good technique, and it acutally puts the rebublicans in a more difficult position than if he had decided to continue with the debate.
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Daschle stepped down on his own (seemingly). Obama supported him all the way to yesterday. There isn't any trick. Daschle is a DEMigod (get it?). He weened Obama when he was fresh in congress. Republicans can make suggestions all they want, but Obama makes the appointments. More importantly, Daschle's appointment was the best chance of Obama successfully completing his vision for medical reform. This is defintely a hinderance to Obama, not the republicans.You actually think that Dashle and Richardson both steped down before the hearing began without some strong advice from Obama?
Perhaps and at first I though it was just Richardson wanting goverment to move along and not be distracted now I am having second thought.
Rebublicans CAN try to place anyone they want into power what I am saying is that they are going to look stupid, petty and hypocrtical to move forward on it if the canidate has anyone even suggesting tax evasion.
Dont you see the play here? Obama is killing the conversation before it even begins leaving the other side at a great handy cap.
Think it thru. "look at the whole board' as they say
The advice goes both ways. I don't doubt that it was a move decided amongst a group. I also know that Obama and the Democratic congress were still vowing to get him through as late as yesterday. It very much is a decision based on not gunking up the works. Obama needs to retain his approval rating and a string of tax dodgers in his cabinet are going to kill that. Not to mention the fact that Obama ran on a campaign that promised bi-partisan solutions, and we are yet to see Congress following this directive (for examples see the Lily Ledbetter Bill and the bill that should be approved today after being struck down by Bush twice and the split in the voting results for the Stimulis bill in the House). You can imagine it's a play, but the very same hinderance ties the hands of the Dems now too. Don't imagine that your Golden Boy isn't capable of a wrong move. 
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