It's a distraction

Remember when Sen. McCain (during the campaign) flew back to Washington to help with the financial crisis? He asked Obama to postpone the Mississippi debate to which Obama responded, below:

"'With respect to the debates,'' Obama said in Cleawater, Fla., where he is preparing for the debate Friday night, "it is my belief that this exactly time that the American people need to hear from the person who, in approximately 40 days, will be responsible for dealing with this mess... It is going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one problem at once....In my mind, it's more important than ever that we try to present ourselves to the American people.''"
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Now, Reuters is telling us that Obama is getting distracted with Dashle's, Killefer's and Geithner's failure(s) to pay their taxes.

It's a "distraction", it's putting Obama on the "defensive". Looks like Mr Obama needs to learn how to "deal with more than one problem at once" as he said.