Obama nominee in trouble, but not for the usual reasons

Greg Sargent: Key Dem Senator Likely To Vote Against Top Obama Legal Nominee

Uh oh. This could signal real trouble for a key Obama nominee under assault by the right: Office of Legal Counsel chief Dawn Johnsen, a fierce Bush critic who would be at the center of the war over whether Obama will meaningfully reverse a host of Bush-era legal policies.

Conservative Democratic Senator Ben Nelson is all but certain to vote against Johnsen, Nelson spokesperson Clay Westrope tells me…

Nelson’s concerns, according to Sargent:

“Senator Nelson is very concerned about the nomination of Dawn Johnson, based on her previous position as Counsel for NARAL. He believes that the Office of Legal Counsel is a position in which personal views can have an impact and is concerned about her outspoken pro-choice views on abortion.”

I don’t see the problem here. Just have her withdraw, and say she found some irregularities in her tax records. Everybody will believe that.

Via Memeorandum