Tom Daschle - Obama Presidency Oral History Tom Daschle Index / People Transcripts Pete Rouse ...come back. The other example is, I was Tom Daschle 's chief of staff for nineteen years... ...to fast-forward to 2004. You mentioned Senator Daschle 's reelection loss. Did you think abou... ...Steve's relationship with me, and with Tom Daschle that did that, more than anythin... ...messaging person, for that matter. But Tom Daschle almost ran for president in 2004. W... ...House, and worked a year and a half for Tom Daschle in the Senate before he wa... ...because he was very close to Senator Daschle and the leadership, and to Obama. And ... ...Nelson very well. He was very close to Senator Daschle . He was obviously always one of th... ...can do this, Harry Reid can do this, Tom Daschle did it when he was leader. They have ... ...Senate. I worked as chief of staff for Tom Daschle for nineteen years, ten years a... ...staff. I've known him. I hired him in Senator Daschle 's office. I brought him into the Obam... ...Well, remember, I was chief of staff to Tom Daschle in South Dakota for nineteen years. W... ...was a congressman, nineteen years for Tom Daschle in the Senate, including ten years a... Show more... Nancy-Ann DeParle ...that they would have jobs working for Tom Daschle as the head of the Office of Healt... ...the Office of Health Reform, and then Tom Daschle withdrew from both that and from th... Larry Summers ...NEC, and the way it was described to Tom Daschle and then to Nancy-Ann DeParle, or th... Nicole Lurie ...was done with the then-nominee, Senator Daschle , who ultimately withdrew and couldn'... Kathy Greenlee ...for aging. At that point in time, Tom Daschle had been nominated as the secretary o... ...came a little bit later, because Senator Daschle withdrew; that I was one of the earlie... Jim Messina ...leaders of the Democratic US Senate, Tom Daschle and Harry Reid. Daschle lost in th... ...me to a couple Senate races when he was Tom Daschle 's chief of staff. He would later b... ...you started to see the breakdowns. Tom Daschle 's nomination and subsequent blowing u... ...we needed to. Who thought we had to vet Tom Daschle ? He was one of the most know... ...way that was really, really hard. With Senator Daschle and Governor Richardson, and eve... Kathleen Merrigan ...with in the Senate when he worked for Senator Daschle , and John was my former boss. So whe... Julianna Smoot ...Dick Durbin, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Tom Daschle . I feel like I was going through th... ...him a little bit that way. A lot of Tom Daschle 's staff ended up going to lead—Pet... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Science Science go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Wartime Presidency Wartime Presidency