….. But I Don’t Have Any Time For:
- Not that it’s a huge surprise at this point, but unspecified “tax troubles” have affected the status of another Obama nominee. This one, Nancy Killefer, has withdrawn (HT Instapundit) her nomination for what was to be the new position of “chief performance officer” (CPO). The real clincher for me is that “Killefer served as assistant secretary for management and chief financial officer of the Treasury Department during the Clinton administration.” Given that Tim Geithner’s Treasury confirmation went through despite outrage, you would have thought she’d said right through, leading one to think that whatever problems she had were even worse than Geithner’s (though she’s claiming they only related to the nanny tax). We’re left hanging as to how they compare to Tom Daschle’s (see Update).
- Related thought — I’ll bet there are a lot of fiscal conservatives just chomping at the bit to be Obama’s CPO; but he won’t like what they’d want to do.
- This is useful, and he will hopefully keep it up to date — Ed Morrissey at Hot Air has a list of lobbyists in the Obama administration so far. He’s up to 12, and Tom Daschle really belongs there too. The Times of India counted 17 as of last Friday. Gee, this Obama campaign ad criticized John McCain for having seven. Obama has doubled that or more — inside the government — in two weeks. (see Update)
- Meanwhile, the administration’s terror-sympathetic gestures continue.
- Actually, those terror-sympathetic discussions started months before the November election. There’s a word for that (besides “illegal”), and it rhymes with “reason.”
- Must-read, from Tristan Yates at Pajamas — “Five Truths about the Banking Crisis.” Fundamental: “The first truth to understand about the banking crisis is that people don’t want you to understand it.” Perceptive: “This current crisis almost certainly isn’t a trillion dollar problem, but we can certainly make it into one.” This administration is working on making it so as we speak, so they can pass a trillion-dollar non-stimulus package to extend, and not fix, the problem. Read the whole thing.
Update: Daschle’s out. Darn. I wanted a put-up-or-shut-up, up-or-down vote on the guy. This old vid might have been the last straw. But as I noted over a week ago, he can still be in Obama’s Star Chamber inner circle without a Senate vote.
