Two Faces of Daschle
The Washington Post can’t make up its mind.

By NR’s John J. Miller & Ramesh Ponnuru
May 31, 2001 10:20 a.m.

ary McGrory, Washington Post, May 27: "Daschle is notoriously respectful of dissenters. He never, says a Democratic senator who voted against him on the tax bill, says a word when you go the other way. He doesn't question your motives or allow semi-official hazing sessions. The furthest he goes is when he hears that someone is off on an issue, and invites the wanderer to come and listen to the Daschle take on the subject."

John F. Harris and Dan Balz, Washington Post, May 27: "…Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the Senior Democrat on the Finance Committee, [called to tell] Daschle he had just cut a deal with his Republican counterpart and would be helping push a major tax cut through the Senate…. Not prone to shouting, Daschle icily told Baucus he had abandoned his colleagues and assured him that people would remember his breach for a long time."