Daschle pushed Obama to hire Leo Hindery--Politico

Leo Hindery is a former YES Network executive and recent Chicago Cubs bidder. He provided limo service that became a tax 'glitch' for Tom Daschle.

• (The Politico): "Tom Daschle backed the patron (Hindery) who paid him a million-dollar salary and supplied him with a free car and driver for a job inside the Obama administration, two Democrats said Monday.

Leo Hindery, whose InterMedia Partners employed the former Senate majority leader, had been mentioned as a possible

• secretary of commerce or U.S. trade representative.

• "Tom was pushing for him," said one Democratic source.

Obama's aides rejected Daschle's suggestion that a top job go to Hindery, for whose private equity fund Daschle had served as a rainmaker and adviser. ... But the news that Daschle did not pay taxes on the imputed income for the car and driver has put the

• spotlight on Hindery, a blustery, left-leaning mogul with an office in Chrysler Building,

• a table at the Four Seasons, and

a passion for race cars, who has styled himself as organized labor’s Robert Rubin."... via Lucianne.com

• P.S. There is a reason people like this are drawn to MLB ownership.
• I actually wrote letters to Leo Hindery when he was at the YES Network, explaining with examples what I thought were problems with its coverage. I've noted some of the issues on this blog. Since I was of course ignored, I long ago stopped watching the YES Network. Now knowing Hindery's actual concerns in life, it makes complete sense that
• he didn't pay any attention to the sad YES Network. sm

Update: Hindery firm 1099 to Daschle left off $83,000 in pay.

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