This comes from the Washington Post, not a conservative talk radio show:

As he insists that ethical standards should be the same for both the powerful and the people, critics say that President Obama is looking the other way when it comes to his Treasury secretary.

Timothy F. Geithner, like former senator and Cabinet nominee Thomas A. Daschle, failed to pay his taxes. Both men settled their debts, some after being tapped by Obama. Both operate in an elite sphere of financial and political influence.

But as Daschle heads back to a life as a private citizen, Geithner sits in his office at the Treasury Department, leading the nation’s effort to avoid an economic collapse.

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Critics of the new administration continue to press their case against Geithner despite his confirmation. They say his presence in the administration highlights the flexibility of Obama’s ethical standards.

When Daschle backed out, the conventional wisdom was that Geithner had gotten “lucky” since he slipped through before the firestorm. But that might not be right and, in fact, he may now be a never-ending source of angst for the Obama team. When we get to the inevitable Obama tax hike on the “rich” will Geithner be the one trying to sell the proposition to the voters and Congress? You can hear the Republican retort already. (“Yeah, not a problem since you don’t pay all your taxes!”) Even now, is he capable of performing PR for the administration on the news show circuit while the first question would be whether he too should step down?

The one person entirely delighted by this (other than Michael Steele, the RNC, and the Republicans in Congress) is no doubt Larry Summer. With his larger-than-life personality, he hardly needed any assistance in establishing himself as the big dog on the Obama economic team. But with Geithner sidelined Summer will likely rein supreme.

That brings us back to the rationale for allowing Geithner to pass through despite his tax problems. We were told he was indispensable to addressing our economic woes. But since he is hobbled and now a liability to the President doesn’t the justification for the tax cheat “waiver” disappear?