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Maybe I won’t throw you off the bus, after all! You are not going to believe who described Obama Treasury Secretary nominee Tim Geithner’s serial tax-dodging as a “triviality.” Charles Krauthammer. He also calls those who believe Geithner should be denied the nomination “unserious.” Perhaps that Beltway dinner with The One is paying dividends already? [...]

Looks like our GOP friends are gonna roll! My column carries the ball forward on the Tim Geithner debacle. Two debacles, really: 1) The serial tax-dodging, ridiculous excuses, and bailout failure of Barack Obama’s Treasury Secretary nominee; and 2) Geithner’s go-along apologists in the Senate GOP. Underscoring the theme of my column today? Read this [...]

The wheels on the bus…

Tuck away these euphemisms if you ever have tax troubles: “Tax goofs.” “Discrepancies.” Tom Blumer scrapes away the Associated Press whitewashing. Membership in the Obama Brotherhood has its privileges.

The next act in Obama’s Treasury Secretary drama has been set for Jan. 21 at the request of Sen. Jon Kyl. The rescheduling wasn’t related to the tax-dodging disclosures. Looks like Sen. Kyl is on the fence: A Senate hearing to confirm Timothy Geithner as U.S. Treasury secretary has been delayed until Jan. 21 after [...]

“He’s a very competent guy.”

Scroll down for updates… Pssst…did you take care of that problem yet? They were just honest mistakes, really. And I’m sure the Obama IRS would be as charitable with you or me as Team Obama is being with Timothy Geithner if we used the same explanation for failing to pay self-employment taxes: President-elect Barack Obama’s [...]