Peter Wehner has a good post up on The Corner.
He quotes from the WaPo and then says this about the Daschle, Killefer, and Geithner picks:
Team Obama apparently knew about the tax issues but ignored them because, they thought, they were minor matters. This speaks to a surprising tone-deafness and insulation on the part of Obama & Company. Do they really think it’s possible for, say, Joe Biden to say during the campaign that those who don’t want to pay higher taxes are not fulfilling their patriotic duty—and then offer up three (so far) nominees who didn’t pay the taxes they owe? Apparently so.
And, as Wehner points out, the Obama Team’s choice to try to hide these things from the public eye is hardly an example of the government “transparency” Obama said he was committed to during the campaign.
As Dickens’ Mr. Micawber would likely say:
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