Washington Examiner Political Digest for February 3 2009

Washington Examiner Political Digest

Today's Digest February 3, 2009

Gingrich: Palin could be 'very formidable'
Don't count Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin out of the running for the Republican nomination in 2012, said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich Monday morning at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast. "If Sarah Palin seeks out a group of respectable policy advisers, and spends time staking out a group of policy positions, she will be very formidable."
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Senate confirms Holder by wide margin
The vote was 75-21, with all the opposition coming from Republicans.
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Daschle apologizes for tax lapses, gets backing of top finance Dem
“Senator Daschle made the mistakes on his taxes,” said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., after a closed-door meeting with Daschle and other committee Democrats. “They were clearly not purposeful mistakes. His tax mistakes are regrettable, but his tax mistakes do not change his qualifications to oversee health care reform.”
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McCain drops objection to appointment of defense lobbyist
Sen. John McCain will no longer hold up the nomination of William Lynn, whose appointment to become deputy defense secretary ran counter to President Barack Obama's own rule against "revolving door" lobbyists.
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Coulter: I helped defeat Hillary
"Soon after I ran into [Obama adviser] David Axelrod and said 'You owe me,'" she said. "And he basically conceded the point."
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