In between the accented hours of Mark Steyn subbing for Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday afternoon, ABC Radio News led its newscast by reporting that Tom Daschle and “chief performance officer” Nancy Killefer were both withdrawing over “tax problems.” The anchor brightly reported they were “two hiccups” for the White House, as opposed to the more meaningful news that Eric Holder was sworn in and the Judd Gregg pick was announced.

Who wrote this, Stephanopoulos? In mid-phone call with Rahm Emanuel?