By Mr. Curmudgeon
No member of President Obama’s national security team was fired over “systemic failures” that nearly resulted in an Al Qaeda terrorist binging down an airliner last Christmas Day, but the nation got the next best thing – Errol Southers withdrew his name to be Obama’s director of the National Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Saying his Senate confirmation was “obstructed by political ideology,” Southers “…decided, after deep reflection and in consultation with my family and friends to respectfully withdraw.” Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) Gave Southers a fine send off. “The Senate could have had an open and transparent debate this week to approve Mr. Southers,” said DeMint, “but apparently, answering simple, direct questions about security and integrity were too much for this nominee.”
The Washington Post acknowledged the obvious. “Southers’s withdrawal comes on an already bad day for the White House, as it attempts to salvage health-care reform efforts following Tuesday’s Republican victory in the Massachusetts Senate race. The Obama administration has also struggled in recent months to earn Senate confirmation for several top nominees.”
With the arrival in Washington of one freshman Republican Senator from Massachusetts, Obama and his Democrats act as though they have already lost their majority in Congress and are ready to call the Beacon's moving truck to the White House. Gee, what do they know that they aren’t telling us?
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