A Stark Difference …
“Yes. I think I made a mistake … I campaigned on changing Washington and bottom-up politics. And I don’t want to send a message to the American people that there are two sets of standards, one for powerful people, and one for ordinary folks who are working every day and paying their taxes … I take responsibility for it and we’re going to make sure we fix it so it doesn’t happen again.” – President Obama on Tom Daschle
The far right has been on a meme this week and who can blame them. President Obama set himself up by failing to properly vet two of his nominees who ran into tax problems.
I am quite proud that these nominees put their ego’s aside and instead of seeking the nomination, they stepped down. A stark difference from the environment that was prevalent in the last 8 years.