it was a serious mistake, one that he caught and remedied. >> it's perception problems that may dog daschle than legal ones. the simple fact that he had a car and driver was in a contrast to what he projected in the '80s. democratic leaders are confident daschle will be confirmed but republicans who can slow the process down have yet to weigh in as a group. >> republicans problem did not have the numbers to stop tom daschle outright. remember, in the 2008 election, democrats had 60 seats in the u.s. senate. who cares what republicans in the senate say? but something embarrassing like this involving a lot of money, popping up in the second, third, fourth, fifth level of the vetting process, it was embarrassing and they pulled him. >> how do you prevent the lesson from being that no matter how losty the goals of the new gim coming in washington wins in the