Hope and Change: Dodd and Daschle

Chris Dodd is a real piece of work. (pic via AP)
Dodd of Indignation - WSJ.com: "Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd has been in typically indignant form this week, opining on the financial crisis. Before his Tuesday hearing on Bernard Madoff, he demanded that regulators get to the bottom of any crime: 'American investors deserve an explanation and the responsible parties must be held accountable!' And yesterday the Connecticut Senator denounced Wall Street bonuses and said, 'I am urging -- in fact, not urging, demanding -- that the Treasury Department figures out some way to get the money back.' Pardon us, Senator, but how about taking your own advice?"

First Geithner, now Daschle, and less than two weeks into this administration. How much else don't we know?
Daschle Paid Back Taxes After Vetting - WSJ.com: "Tom Daschle, President Barack Obama's choice for secretary of Health and Human Services, paid about $140,000 in back taxes and interest after questions surfaced during the vetting of his nomination, according to documents being prepared by the Senate Finance Committee. Mr. Daschle made the payments to cover a luxury car and driver provided to him by an investment firm where he was an adviser after leaving the U.S. Senate in 2005, but which he didn't report as income, people familiar with the report said. The payments also covered unreported consulting income and unwarranted charitable deductions."