Obama is losing momentum – and fast

Yesterday was the worst day of the Obama presidency so far. His agenda and his moral authority both took big hits.

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Tom Daschle being forced to withdraw from confirmation to be both Health and Human Services Secretary and the White House’s healthcare czar because of tax irregularities leaves Obama’s major domestic priority after the economy rudderless. Daschle, a former Senate Majority Leader, was picked because he was supposed to know how to get healthcare reform through Congress. The Obama administration knows where it wants to go on the issue and Daschle’s job was to steer them through the notoriously hard to navigate legislative shallows of the issue.

The damage done by Daschle’s withdrawal is increased by how close to Obama he was. Obama came to the Senate in the same electoral cycle that Daschle lost his seat and Obama hired