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Daschle is unemployed. Is he unemployable?

By JAMES TARANTO


Tom Daschle is not the Tom Daschle Barack Obama thought he knew. Today, as the Washington Post reports, Daschle withdrew his nomination as secretary of health and human services, "citing the distractions that followed his failure to pay all of his taxes in recent years."

Hey, how come when "distractions" were raised about Obama during the campaign, the candidate told us to shut up and talk about the real issues, whereas when the "distractions" concern Obama's nominees, he throws them under the bus? (Full story at WSJ Online)