{"id":2463,"date":"2009-02-03T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T22:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2009-02-03T17:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-03T22:38:00","slug":"robert-reich-on-daschles-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/02\/03\/robert-reich-on-daschles-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Reich on Daschle&#8217;s Withdrawal:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com\/talk\/blogs\/robert_reich\/2009\/02\/tom-daschle-and-the-populist-r.php\">he&#8217;s right<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My guess is that official Washington underestimated the public&#8217;s pique at what appeared to be the old ways of Washington. Hill staffers tell me that many offices have been inundated with telephone calls, emails, letters and faxes expressing concern (to put it mildly) about Daschle &#8212; not only his failure to pay back taxes but his relationships with major players in the health care industry and rich consulting contracts with the private sector since leaving the Senate, and even the fact that he was given a <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">car and driver<\/span> by one of them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have a hard time fathoming that people care that much.\u00c2\u00a0 But I hope so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope he&#8217;s right: My guess is that official Washington underestimated the public&#8217;s pique at what appeared to be the old ways of Washington. 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