Saturday, February 7, 2009

The Killefer Standard - WSJ.com

The Killefer Standard - WSJ.com: "'I screwed up,' the Associated Press, quotes President Obama as saying. He was referring to his nominations of Tom Daschle for secretary of health and human services and Nancy Killefer for White House chief performance officer. Yesterday the president defenestrated both Daschle and Killefer over tax problems.

There's something mildly refreshing about hearing a president spontaneously admit, 'I screwed up.' Yet admitting mistakes is less important than making good decisions in the future, and the evidence suggests that Obama has not learned his lesson--or rather that he has overlearned it. Having been careless or indulgent in his initial personnel choices, the president has reacted by going to the opposite extreme."

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