Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170110:02:10:00
And that itself might not have been fatal. the obama nominee to run the department, tom geithner, also owed the irs. he became the treasury secretary. daschle's problems, though, they did prove fatal politically at that time, to his cabinet nomination, i should say. maybe it's because the amount of taxes he owed was more than what geithner owed. i think it was also maybe because of what exactly he owed the taxes on. >> the president has been forced to expend political capital he'd rather use for his economic plan instead protecting tom daschle's confirmation chances. just weeks ago, after his ...