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December 11th at 3:43PM

Daschle Apparently Wasn't Already Announced as HHS Secretary

POSTED BY: Matthew Tobey

I was talking to my friend who lives under a rock yesterday, and I asked him if he knew who was going to be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. He said, "Tom Daschle, duh."

Yet, this morning the President-elect still felt it necessary to call his 583rd press conference since being elected in order to officially announce what we've all known for like a month.

The former Senate majority leader will also lead a new White House office of health reform, Obama said today. He also announced that Jeanne Lambrew, a HHS official under President Bill Clinton who helped co-write a health care book with Daschle, has been tapped to be deputy director of that office.

Although the Daschle pick has been known for weeks, Obama called him "one of America's foremost health care experts" and "the original no-drama guy" while discussing the future of the health care system today in Chicago.

I'll bet Monday, Obama will call a press conference to formally announce he's running for President. And then the next day he can officially announce our independence from England. And then maybe he'll close out the week by announcing the explosion of the primordial atom.

Actually, that last one might actually be news to some people in Washington.

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November 19th at 4:03PM

Tom Daschle Offered HHS and HRC Continues to Dither

POSTED BY: G. Xavier Robillard

Early Obama supporter Tom Daschle has been rewarded for his endorsement with the plum appointment of Secretary of Health and Human Services, which gives him command of the Centers for Disease Control, the Rats of NIMH and the very simple task of reforming the nation's health insurance system.

Wait, didn't Daschle work as a lobbyist after getting booted from the Senate?

Although not a registered lobbyist, he provides "strategic advice" to commercial clients in the fields of health care, energy, telecommunications and taxes, according to public documents. His wife, Linda Hall Daschle, is registered, and she is regarded as one of the most influential professional lobbyists in the capital.

Oh, his wife's the lobbyist. He just plays Stratego. No problem!

Speaking of botched health care plans, Hillary Clinton continues to play the "will she, won't she" game on the Secretary of State front. Even as President Clinton is going through some heavy vetting to clear the way for an appointment, Senator Clinton can't decide whether she wants the job...

"A lot of the speculation and reporting is out ahead of the facts here," said the person, who requested anonymity. "She is still weighing this, independent of President Clinton's work."

Is it because she doesn't want to be associated with a place called Foggy Bottom?

The exciting part of this otherwise incredibly boring cabinet appointment is that we can continue to play everyone's favorite game, What Will Dean Do? After failing miserably at his 50 state strategy (Obama only won 29), Chairman Dean is looking for a new job. What should Dean Do Next? Aside from start that Fugazi cover band.

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