Comments on: Obama Taps Tom Daschle For Cabinet Post

Sources Say Former Senate Majority Leader Accepts Post As Secretary Of Health And Human Services

[cpelzar--2008]

God help us....

[antoniof123]

You neo cons just don''t get it do you under Clinton what we had a great economy everything was doing well. Give it to you neo cons and you almost destroyed America. Well, he has a novel idea hire people with brains.

I really don''t care how much you neo cons start blabing I am through listening to you along with just about every other swing voter out there. So until Obama gives me a reason to be angry with him.

Go sit down and be quite.

[otrama]

I would agree with most here: not a good choice.
Obama has been too influenced by Chicago style politics; reward those who have supported you versus the best person for the job.
Seriously, there must be 1000 women more accomplished in the health care field then tired old Daschle, why pass them up?

[scb111_1]

Tom Daschle''s wife, isn''t she a "big" lobbyists? I thought Barack Obama ran on the issue of doing away with all these "LOBBYISTS" in Washington D.C.? I thought Obama''s Campaign critize McCain for all of his LOBBYISTS in his campaign?

[marcodele]

Obama''s appointments do represent a big change. We no longer have a president who appoints his frat buddies and his daddy''s cronies. Obama is changing that to qualified people with proven track records of success, not necessarily buttkissers like Michael Brown, Alberto Gonzales, Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and the rest of the thugs you right wing necon nutjobs gave us.

[scb111_1]

Another "stupid" move on the part of Barack Obama and his transisition team. Tom is a political hack, he is not well like by most Republicans and some Democrats too!!! He is going to get torn apart in the Senate to be confirm.

[secundus2]

The best hope for Pres.-Elect Obama was to find new people as White House advisors and cabinet members, but so far it has been a story of re-heated leftovers.

[sioux4life1]

jamshied Tom is from South Dakota, kola

[bjcone8559]

Good choice!!

Looks like the grown-ups are going to be taking over again. Good choice!!

[jamshied]

Excellent choice.
Welcome, Tom.
North Dakotans did not apreciate him, too bad, but he is a dedicated public servant and politician.
I think with Tom Daschle aboard OBAMA ship, we will see a real health care reform.