Obama says he "screwed up" on vetting of Daschle

[TeamJordan23]

Good thing he admitted his mistake. Interview is coming up on CNN any minute now.

[stray cat]

1. Can't have one rule for working people and a different one for others

According to Obama.

[slinkerwink]

2. he's the one that set forth these high ethical standards

he should be sticking to them.

[stray cat]

8. High ethical standards of not practicing fraud?

although I'm not convinced it wasn't an oversight. If I was a multimillionaire I might make mistake on my taxes as well. The short form with a standard deduction only isn't too bad.

[karynnj]

27. exactly - and in the case of the $80,000 for a speech - the client failed to include

it in the 1099. When you are making millions, it is possible not to catch that a 1099 was too small. As to the driver and car - that is getting into a complicated area - and he may have thought that it was similar to getting reimbursed for using your car on business trips. The similarity is that the company pays for the transportation.

I think the fact that he worked for the industry is a bigger problem. The sad thing is that this has damaged his reputation for integrity - which fellow Senators claimed he has.

[Kaylee]

3. OMG! A politician that admits making a mistake instead of blaming

something...anything....anyone else! I'm sorry, I've still got Obama's back. He's made more wonderful decisions than erroneous ones these past two weeks.

[Mz Pip]

4. Why can't the potential nominees

be honest? Does the Obama administration have to hire the FBI, CIA and CSI to investigate the potential appointees? Daschle withheld information. Bad on his part.

[BrklynLiberal]

10. Exactly what I said in post#9. The question is WHY??

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. "Squeaky Clean" must be the rule from now on.

No more of this BS.

[Uzybone]

6. 8 years from now

President Obama will not be like Bush, who couldn't locate any mistakes he made.

[azmouse]

7. Hey, a President who takes responsibility for a mistake!

What a novelty! :)

[BrklynLiberal]

9. I do not understand why potential candidates for a high profile position do not

fess up right away. Knowing what scrutiny they will be under, they cannot possibly believe that they will not be found out. Why do they persist in embarrassing themselves and those that have nominated them? Tell the truth up front and allow the person nominating you to decide if it is a deal killer.

I just don't get it.

[JayMusgrove]

14. You are assuming that Daschle and others did NOT...

but that perhaps Obama wanted them anyway, and thought they could weather the storm ...

I don't know one way or the other, but this is just a theory.

[BrklynLiberal]

17. Excellent point. It is ALWAYS a mistake to assume.

:thumbsup:

[karynnj]

28. here - the tax things really could be honest errors.

The bulk of the missing income was because a client didn't include one speech on a 1099. He may not have seen himself as having problems.

[Thrill]

11. Sounds like he is willing to take the blame for people lying to him

[laugle]

12. KUDOS to Obama! Hannity won't have much to talk about now! nt

[Windy]

15. Is he talking about the economy at all? The stimulus or is it all Daschle BS???

Is he calling out the repubs for being obstructionists and outright lying?

[laugle]

18. I couldn't tell you. I can only stand 5 min. of that RW tool! nt

[rvablue]

24. All three networks started off with the Daschle BS .... now talking about economy.

He's more explaining the plan right now, rather than going after Repubs on NBC.

On ABC, he did make reference to the past eight years.

Back on NBC, he's saying the Republicans complaints are about 1% of funds.

Still watching!

[Still Sensible]

13. A Classy Reaction

considering the dick heads for the last eight years never admitted making a mistake

[EFerrari]

20. Imo, Obama will never disappoint on handling missteps or perceived missteps

readily and very well.

And in that respect, he will continually catch the Republics off guard.

I really, really like him for that. :)

[hughee99]

16. This couldn't really work out either way for Obama.

If he knew about Daschle's issues he could have felt the benefits outweighed the costs, but does anyone think Daschle is so perfect for this position that he's worth fighting for? On the other hand, he could say his team made a mistake in the vetting process, but that creates another issue. Regardless of whether Daschle stays or goes, Obama has appointed some people that many have some concerns about. His people will have less credibility when they try to assure us that they've been properly vetted.

He handled it as well as it could be handled (other than not nominating Daschle in the first place).

[Autumn]

19. I don't think Obama screwed up ,I think

Daschle tried to get in a slick one.

[EFerrari]

21. But Obama gets Big Points for taking resposibility and handling.

The torture president would be denying that he even knew Daschle by now, no?

[Autumn]

30. Yes he does

and how refreshing that we have someone with values and a brain in the Whitehouse.

[ProSense]

22. Geitner and Clinton got through.

The Clinton Conflict

A Donor’s Gift Soon Followed Clinton’s Help

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

23. It takes a big person to admit a mistake. Good for him. Now can we cut Obama some slack here?

[phleshdef]

25. I've always thought that one of Obama's greatest strengths was his sense of humility.

[underpants]

26. The MSM is going to pile on him for this

hold on

[AlinPA]

34. MSM is doubling up on these nominees tax problems and the republicans

stimulus criticism. Then with Harry Reid wimping along, it is not a good week so far. It helps that Obama is up front about it, but we are getting hammered now.

[lady raven]

29. I'm not thrilled about the apparent poor vetting, but...

I LOVE a politician who can admit his mistakes.

[tavalon]

31. And is he withdrawing Daschle for consideration?

Edited to add the likely answer to my question:

He'll send Rahm to discuss things with Daschle and then Daschle will withdraw his name for consideration.

[Connie_Corleone]

32. What are you talking about? Daschle withdrew earlier today.

[tavalon]

33. Sorry, this is my morning and I responded before I got all the information

I'm still yawning and drinking that first cup o' java. I'm a nightshifter and will be posting far more informed comments at say, 3am. LOL

I'm very pleased at both the Daschle withdrawal and the President's willingness to take responsibility.

[LittleBlue]

35. Good. That's a first step.

Now we just have to be sure it doesn't happen again.

[OwnedByFerrets]

36. What was the difference between Geitner and Daschle??