[Peace-discuss] Fw: The Untold Daschle Story - The Blacklisting of Progressive Economics

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From: "David Sirota" <ds at davidsirota.com>
To: <unionyes at ameritech.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 4:24 PM
Subject: The Untold Daschle Story - The Blacklisting of Progressive 
Economics


> Blacklisting Progressives: The Untold Story Beneath the Daschle
> Headlines
>
> By David Sirota
>
> OpenLeft, 2/3/09
>
> Amid the swirling headlines about Tom Daschle withdrawing his
> nomination for Health and Human Service Secretary is a very dark,
> very foreboding story that tells us a lot more about what to expect
> from the Obama administration than a single nomination fight. It is a
> story that every single voter who supported Barack Obama because of
> his progressive economic platform should know about - and worry
> about.
>
> As every newspaper in America has been happy to report, Daschle
> worked with venture capitalist Leo Hindery after he left the Senate.
> Hindery was a top economic adviser to John Edwards and later to
> Barack Obama, and many had floated his name for U.S. Trade
> Representative or Commerce Secretary. Now, though, that won't be
> happening, as anyone mentioned near the Daschle flap is being shunned
> by the Obama administration.
>
> But is that really why someone as accomplished as Hindery was never
> seriously considered for a top economic post in the administration?
> The media and the Obama administration would like us to believe yes -
> but the answer is no. It has far less to do with the Daschle situation
> and far more to do with Hindery's progressive economic ideology.
>
> To read the full article, go to:
>
> http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=11343
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