He and his friends had to give with the usual yada yada at the press conference but the important thing is -- he's gone.
Errol Southers, President Obama's pick to lead the Transportation Security Administration who I drew your attention to last Wednesday, has withdrawn himself from consideration.
Well, that's one. But given Barack Obama's ego, extremism and enduring ambition to re-make American culture by selecting leftist revolutionaries to control government agencies, I shudder to think of Southers' replacement.