February 3, 2009 1:00 PM
Daschle withdraws his nomination
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary.Well, hallelujah! I feel like we took a step away from Bizarro World - hopefully the next step will have more integrity.That's according to a joint White House statement from President Barack Obama and his former nominee.
Obama said Tuesday he accepted the withdrawal "with sadness and regret."
Daschle has been battling for his nomination since it was disclosed he failed to pay more than $120,000 in taxes.
He said he's withdrawing because he's not a leader who has the full faith of Congress and will be a distraction.
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Comments
Praise the Lord! I'm not terribly convinced that the next nominee won't decide to socialize healthcare, but at least we have a pause. Having [barely] lived through a year of Canada's socialized medicine I am disgusted at the thought of copying anything like it. Whew!
Posted by: Jill S | February 3, 2009 2:24 PM
This is wonderful news.
Posted by: Elissa | February 3, 2009 4:04 PM
