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There’ve been many articles describing what good has been able to come from the tragedies of September 11th: the outpouring of charitable giving, the surge of national unity and patriotism, the willingness of states around the globe to provide the cooperation necessary to hunt down and root out terrorist organizations. Of course, few developments have been more salutary than the banishment of Mitch Daniels from public life.

Have you seen Daniels recently? A quick Nexis search revealed 19 references to Daniels’ name in the last week; and 124 for Glenn Hubbard, the head of the Council of Economic Advisors, who’s recently been put forward as Daniels de facto public replacement.

The real question now is whether it’s just Daniels — a dissembler and a hack — who is going to stay banished or whether his hackish ways are out too. Paul Krugman thinks the chances of that are starting to look pretty poor indeed.

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